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