The Great Pretender

[Verse 1]

|G D |G G7

O-h, yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).

|C |G G7

Pre-tending that I'm doing well, (ooh, ooh).

|C D |G C

My need is such I pre-tend too much.

|G D7 |G D

I'm lonely but no one can tell.

[Verse 2]

|G D |G G7

O-h, yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).

|C |G G7

A-drift in a world of my own, (ooh, ooh).

|C D |G C

I play the game but to my real shame.

|G D7 |G G7

You've left me to dream all a-lone, (ooh, ooh).

[Chorus]

|C |G

Too real is this fee-ling of make be-lieve,

(ooh, ooh).

|C |G (2/4) |D

Too real when I feel what my heart can't con-ceal.

[Verse 3]

|G C |G G7

(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).

|C |G G7

Just laugh-ing and gay like a clown, (ooh, ooh).

|C D |G C

I seem to be what I'm not you see.

|G D |B

I'm wearing my heart like a crown.

|G D |G G7

Pre-tending that you're still a-round, (ooh, ooh).

[Chorus]

|C |G

Too real is this fee-ling of make be-lieve,

(ooh, ooh).

|C |G (2/4) |D

Too real when I feel what my heart can't con-cea - l.

[Verse/Outro]

|G C |G G7

(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).

|C |G G7

Just laugh-ing and gay like a clown, (ooh, ooh).

|C D |G C

I seem to be what I'm not you see.

/ (break)

|G D |B

I'm wearing my heart like a crown.

/ (break)

|n.c. D |n.c. (slow >) |

Pre-tending that you're still a-rou-nd,

/ / / (breaks)

C |G |G

(sti-ll a - rou - nd).