Tired of Pretending
Blue Rodeo

[Intro] Trumpet Solo    Em    G    C    Em


Em           G        C               Emx2                        G   C                 Emx2
You've never tried to ___conceal or deny, that this love is my ruin ____of peril and trial, all of the
     G    C                      Emx2              G                                         Cx2       Em-G-Dx2
Promises __were nothing but lies, but now that __that you're here, why don't you stay for a while_______


Em          G            C                             Emx2                  G           C                   Emx2
____Most of my friends __have fallen under your spell, some fell into heaven, but most fell back into hell
               G                    C                              Emx2                              G           Cx2
The beauty forgotten like the snow covered crops in the field, Where the wind knows no mercy, she
                   Em-G-Dx2 ?Bmx2
Howls, she reels _______________


[Chorus]
          Em   D     Em         D            Em    D       Em         D
But I'm tired ____of pretending; ___yes I'm tired ______of pretending ____
        C   G         Em  D              Em  D
That I _____I still care, ___yeah I still care ___


[Solo] Em   G   C   Emx2   G   C   Emx2   G   C   Emx2  G   Cx2  Em-G ?Dx2-Bmx2


            Em                 G   C                       Emx2           G            C                Emx2
And the smoke curls like a river __to some forgotten land, Floating abandoned __the mystery concealed
                             G         C                           Emx2                             G                Cx2
Like the moonlit shadows ___on the snow covered field, Where the wind knows no mercy, and she
                         Em-G-Dx2-Bmx2
howls, and she reels ______________


[Chorus]
          Em   D     Em         D            Em    D       Em         D
But I'm tired ____of pretending; ___yes I'm tired ______of pretending ____
        C   G         Em  D              Em  D
That I _____I still care, ___yeah I still care ___


[Ending Trumpet solo]  Em  G  C  Emx2  G  C  Emx2  G  C  Emx2  G  Cx2
                                          Em-G -D