Verse
D#m
I'll pretend that you're gone, on vacation
D#m
And you'll be back in a week or maybe two
D#m
And when the phone rings I'll pretend it's you calling
G#m D#m
To tell me you miss me and you're coming home soon
[Verse 2]
I'll pretend I don't hear when silence tells me
C# B G#m D#m
That I'll have to get by on my own
D#m C# D#m
I'll pretend I don't hear when loneliness speaks so clear
(D#) (C#) G# G#m D#m
And try to tell me you're not coming home (not coming home)
[Verse 3]
G#m B
Right now my life
B C# D#m
Ain't nothing but a dream
G#m
How long can I fool myself?
A#m Bm D#m C#
Into believing you're coming back to me
[Verse 4]
G#m B D#m
I can see you laying in his bed
D#m C#
Like I caught the two of you in fact
G#m B
Everybody told me it was coming
N.C.
But I chose to be blind
[Verse 5]
G# B G#m
I'll pretend your clothes are hanging in the closet
N.C. D#m
And I'll pretend your perfume fills the air
D#m
And as I sit in our favourite restaurant
G#m C# D#m
I'll pretend that you're meeting me there
[Verse 6]
D#m B D#m
I'll pretend when I visit our old friends
G#m A#m B D#m
That you're sitting down by my side
D#m
And when our old friends ask how am I doing?
D#sus4 B D#m
I'll pretend I'm not losing my mind
[Outro]
B
Although they know I'm lying
C# D#m
They know I'm lying
G#m
I can't live like this
D#m
I forgive you
D#m
Please come back
D#m
I can't live like this
B
I love you
D#m
And I forgive you
N.C.
And I want you