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