Pretending Acoustic Guitar Tab

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HIM - Pretending (Acoustic)

?tabbed by Alex Behrens (abe99@gmx.net)

Intro:
Ebm
Love is a flame that can't be tamed
                              Abm
And though we are its willing prey, my darling
F#      C#
We are not the ones to blame

Riff A [Chords from Chorus]

Verse 1:
Ebm
Trust is a word all lovers know
                           Abm
The glorious art staining souls, my darling
F#      C#
We are not the ones to blame
Ebm
The more we have the more we want
                      Abm
And more it hurts our hearts, my baby
F#          B         C#
It always ends up in tears

Chorus:
           B      C#
So keep on pretending
Ebm                     C#
Our heaven is worth the waiting
           B     C#       Ebm
Keep on pretending it's alright
              B    C#
So keep on pretending
        Ebm               C#
It will be the end of our craving
           B           C#
Keep on pretending
       Ebm
It's alright

Verse 2:
When doubts arise the game begins
The one we will never win, my baby
It always ends up in tears

 repeat Chorus

 SOLO (Chorus)

 repeat Chorus

 Outro: repeat Intro
 End on: Ebm

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture CHUNK ZIZZLE Rhythm Player	#1 by CHUNK ZIZZLE at Oct 23, 1970 at 12:42 PM EST
	Love is a flame, that can't be tamed and though we are its willing prey My darling, we are not the ones to blame makes me think of my first love

No Picture Adam Average	#2 by Adam ****** at Jul 21, 1971 at 3:57 AM EST
	'we are not the ones to blame' is my all time favorite line... i have it sewn on like 3 t-shirts. Pheromonic, thats a little sexist. but i'm sure saying things like that makes you feel really high and mighty. unfortunatly, youre not.

No Picture Iron Average	#3 by Iron at Oct 12, 1973 at 12:47 PM EST
	Frenzy Approves

No Picture $~Andrew~$ Average	#4 by $~Andrew~$ at Apr 16, 1978 at 12:02 AM EST
	I love how Valo lies about what his songs mean so he won't turn off the majority of his audience. It's especially funny when the lyrics OBVIOUSLY mean something very different from what he says they mean. I've heard him claim that this is just a cute little pop ditty, and I've heard him claim that this is about not having to pretend to be something you're not when you're with your friends. What this song seems to be about is giving in to your desires, because it is irrational not to. Specifically, this seems aimed at premarital sex. If one person is waiting for marriage and doing everything but intercourse ("the more we have, the more we want") then it becomes painful to wait ("and the more it hurts our hearts"). And the speaker wonders, why bother squashing your desires and waiting for marriage ("keep on pretending our heaven's worth the waiting"), when you can't know that this person will be right for you sexually just because you're married ("keep on pretending it will be the end of our craving")? It's a rather bitter song! Good stuff.

No Picture Jeremy Average	#5 by Jeremy Honaker at Mar 25, 1982 at 5:51 PM EST
	HIM kicks some major ass. This song reminds me of my friend!

No Picture Matt Lead Player	#6 by Matt Cromwell at Jan 15, 1983 at 11:40 PM EST
	I think this song could mean different thing to different people. No one knows why Vallo wrote this song. But this song means (for me at least) that we have to deal with the shit here on earth to reach our erternal Heaven, that is worth the waiting. This is taken from a Catholic view.

No Picture I SUCK!!!!! Average	#7 by I SUCK!!!!! No I Really Do!!!! at Apr 7, 1984 at 8:16 AM EST
	this song to me alone means if you love someone don't let something get in the way... and the "keep on pretending" part is someone waiting and wanting something bad to happen but valo is saying Keep on pretending its not gonna happen. and the love is a flame that cant be tamed is... the love that they show to each other is the love that will stick... or this could all be a song where the guy is a compleete ass and says keep on pretending my love for every girl in the fuggin world is one that canot be tamed ~Rock -Robert

No Picture klown Rhythm Player	#8 by klown at Oct 11, 1988 at 6:48 AM EST
	i once again agree with riven.....i heartagram him...they are just so fucking amazing

No Picture Goat Average	#9 by Goat Screwer at Jul 5, 1989 at 5:08 PM EST
	I agree, HearMeWhisper. That's the meaning I like best, actually, but I didn't think anyone else could see it that way, 'cause many HIM fans are extremely touchy and closed-minded about the relationship between religion and HIM. Glad to see someone making the connection. No matter what this song means--and it's so ambiguous it could mean a thousand different things equally--I honestly believe that this song is a masterpiece, and can only pray that the band'll make more with such craft in the future. One thing that I love is that it is circular. The image Valo gives us in the beginning, he returns to for the finishing of the song. It recalls many writings in Ancient Greece that would use the same format, to emphasize the importance of the image for the meaning of the text. The song is also amazing in its minimalism--it is just astounding that so much ambiguity (and yet solid meaning) could be gathered from so few lines, in repetition. When I read these lyrics I often feel like I'm reading cryptic wisdom from some ancient religious text... gosh it's so good!!

No Picture robert Professional	#10 by robert cunningham at Apr 25, 1994 at 4:07 AM EST
	I think this song is mainly geared towards young people (25 and under), who believe they are so deeply in love and assume this is the right thing for them, when in reality it's not. "keep on pretending, It will be the end of our craving". That line states that people who believe they are in love think that they will no longer crave anybody else. But they do, or will eventually... Especially if the couple is young. That song also talks about people who fall in love or get married at a very young age. They miss out on their youth and get married and/or have kids while they are financially unstable and not ready. That where the whole "Heaven" part comes into play. If you are in school or have any goals you want to accomplish, falling in love or getting married will kill those dreams. You can kiss those dream goodbye. A women is usually a dream killer. If a man has any unfinished dreams or goals, but makes the mistake of falling in love and getting married, the woman will do anything in her power to kill those dreams. She'll start babbling about "where were you", "we don't spend much time together", "you're selfish and only think about yourself" etc... Or she'll try to lock you in by saying she's pregnant and is having the child, which is a hard one to overcome, and will definitely kill your dreams and ambitions

No Picture claireus Wanna Be	#11 by claireus s at Apr 2, 2003 at 7:41 PM EST
	IF you ignorant fucks could read he clearly says " women is usually a dream killer.". Putting emphasis on USUALLY. Does that account for all cases? No? So even if he really is sexist you have no right to call him that because he hasnt given us solid proof in his response. Lines are USUALLY long at the amusement park. Think about it

No Picture Clairvoyant Average	#12 by Clairvoyant at Mar 31, 2004 at 11:25 AM EST
	Oh, controvarsy.... grabs a bag of popcorn and sits back to watch the fireworks

No Picture David Wanna Be	#13 by David Albert at Mar 7, 2006 at 7:24 PM EST
	This is the best song off their New album, IMHO. It's got a great Hook to it and the lyrics are well written.