Intro: Am  F  G 

            Am                             G
He's a pre-tender, he knows just what to say 
            Am                               G
He's a pre-tender, yeah you meet him every day 
            Am                           G
He's a pre-tender, that fish that got a-way 
            Am                       G
He's a pre-tender, why'd I fall in love 
 
Am                            F               G
       It was so strange the way he held my hand 
Am                         F                   G
       I wanted more than just a one night stand 
Am                      F              G
       He had a way of making me believe 
Am                           F               G
      That he was mine and that he'd never leave 
Am                          F                     G
       I know that I should take my friend's ad-vice 
Am                     F          G               Am
'Cause if it happens once, you know it happens twice 
F                             G               Am
If there's a chance then I know I've got to try 
F                                   G               Am
I'll make him dance with me, I'll make him tell me why  
{Intermediate:} 
 
G                   F
I'm not afraid to fall a hundred times 
     G               F
And I'll believe in all your silly lies 
      G                 F
I'd like to think that I  could change your mind 
      G              Am                            F
Don't say that I am blind, I know all about your kind 
 
He's a pretender, yeah you meet him every day 
He's a pretender, that fish that got away 
He's a pretender, why'd I fall in love 
 
I like the way he moved across the floor 
And when he danced with me I knew he wanted more 
But in the dark things happened much too fast 
I should've stopped him then, I knew it wouldn't last 
 
{Chorus} 
{intermediate} 
 
He's a pretender, yeah you meet him every day 
He's a pretender, that fish that got away 
He's a pretender, why'd I fall in love