Intro: G C G C
G C D G G7
Oh yes, I'm the Great Pretender,
C G G7
Pretending I'm doing well.
C D G C
My need is such, I pretend too much,
G C D G
I'm lonely but no one can tell
G C D G G7
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender,
C G G7
Adrift in a world of my own
C D G C
I play the game, but to my real shame
G C D G
You've left me to dream all alone.
C G
Too real is this feeling of make believe,
C G D
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
G C G G7
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
C G G7
Just lauging and gay like a clown
C D G C
I seem to be, what I'm not, you see,
G D Bm C D
I'm wearing my heart like a crown,
G C D G
Pretending that you're still around
C G D D#
Too real when I fell what my heart can't conceal
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G# C# G# G#7
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
C# G# G#7
Just lauging and gay like a clown
C# D# G# C#
I seem to be, what I'm not, you see,
G# D# Cm C# D
I'm wearing my heart like a crown,
G# C#
Pretending that you're...
G# C# G#
Pretending that your're.... still around...
Outro: G# - C# - D#
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