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Sam Fender – Pretending That You’re Dead Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsD A Em G F

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[Intro]
D   A   Em   G
D   A   Em   G
D   A   Em   G

[Verse 1]
       D
Can't see through my letterbox
 A                  Em
For piles of letters...
       G                D
And I can't get out my door
The bailiffs come
             A             Em
But I don't care 'bout that...
                 G
And everybody's asking
      D   A   Em
me tonight.......
             G
Everybody's asking me if
       D    A  Em
I'm alright
                      G
But I don't have the guts to say it

[Chorus]
G
..Is it really her and him?
D                              A
..Do you think that they are doin' it?
Em                 G
..I'm lyin' in my empty bed
D                          A
..Pretending that you're dead

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[Interlude]
D   A   Em   G

[Verse 2]
    D                       A
I write the news from everybody's
lips
  Em
I saw you on the walkway with
     G
his hands on your hips
       D
And I called it out, and said,
      A
"With my best friend?"
           Em                    G
You said, "You should probably leave"
   D     A  Em                G
Tonight,       everybody's asking me
          D    A  Em
If I'm alright.......
                       G
And I don't have the words to say

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[Chorus]
G
..Is it really her and him?
D                              A
..Do you think that they are doin' it?
Em                 G
..I'm lyin' in my empty bed
D                          A
..Pretending that you're dead
G
..Is it really her and him?
D                              A
..Do you think that they are doin' it?
Em                 G
..I'm lyin' in my empty bed
D                          A
..Pretending that you're dead

[Outro]
D   A  Em
              F
Everybody's asking me if
       D    A Em
I'm alrigh
              F                 D
Everybody's asking me if I'm alright
A Em  G
           D    A  Em   G   D
I'm not alright

How to play Pretending That You’re Dead: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Pretending That You’re Dead by Sam Fender on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Pretending That You’re Dead by Sam Fender is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 5 chords: D, A, Em, G and F.

Listen for D – A – Em – G (I – V – ii – IV in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – soh – reh – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.