Fm
I'll pretend that you're gone, on vacation
              Fm
And you'll be back in a week or maybe two
              Fm
And when the phone rings I'll pretend it's you calling
   A#m                                        Fm
To tell me you miss me and you're coming home soon


[Verse 2]

I'll pretend I don't hear when silence tells me
          D#          C#       A#m Fm
That I'll have to get by on my own
      Fm                        D#   Fm
I'll pretend I don't hear when loneliness speaks so clear
    (D#)   (C#) A#             A#m    Fm
And try to tell me you're not coming home (not coming home)


[Verse 3]
      A#m         C#
Right now my life
       C#      D#    Fm
Ain't nothing but a dream
    A#m
How long can I fool myself?
 Cm     C#m    Fm             D#
Into believing you're coming back to me


[Verse 4]
 A#m  C#                         Fm
I can see you laying in his bed
 Fm                             D#
Like I caught the two of you in fact
 A#m                     C#
Everybody told me it was coming
       N.C.
But I chose to be blind


[Verse 5]
 A#      C#                    A#m
I'll pretend your clothes are hanging in the closet
            N.C.              Fm
And I'll pretend your perfume fills the air
         Fm
And as I sit in our favourite restaurant
A#m                       D#         Fm
I'll pretend that you're meeting me there


[Verse 6]
     Fm                       C#   Fm
I'll pretend when I visit our old friends
A#m  Cm      C#                Fm
That you're sitting down by my side
    Fm
And when our old friends ask how am I doing?
     Fsus4           C#        Fm
I'll pretend I'm not losing my mind


[Outro]
              C#
Although they know I'm lying
     D#       Fm
They know I'm lying
                  A#m
I can't live like this
  Fm
I forgive you
 Fm
Please come back
         Fm
I can't live like this
  C#
I love you
      Fm
And I forgive you
      N.C.
And I want you