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