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The Great Pretender

Key: G

Introduction:

                           G                         C           G 
                Oh! Yes, I'm the great pretender,
         G7         C                                             G 
                Pretending that I'm doing well
         G7           C             D7               G                     C 
                My need is such, I pretend too much
                           G                   D7                   G             D7 
                I'm lonely, but no one can tell
                           G                       C             G 
                Oh! Yes, I'm the great pretender,
         G7         C                                         G 
                Adrift in a world of my own
         G7         C               D7                   G               C 
                I play the game, but to my real shame
                                 G                   D7                 G 
                You've left me to dream all alone
         G7             C                                             G 
                Too real is   the   feeling of make believe
                           C                                               G                         D7 
                Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
                           G                       C             G 
                Oh! Yes, I'm the great pretender,
         G7             C                                               G 
                Just laughing and gay like a clown
         G7           C           D7                     G 
                I   seem to be what I'm   not,
                 G7     C               G                   D7                       B7 
                You see, I'm wearing my heart like a crown
                         G                       D7                     G 
                Pretending that you're still around
         G7             C                                             G 
                Too real is   the   feeling of make believe

                           G                       C             G 
                Oh! Yes, I'm the great pretender,
         G7             C                                               G 
                Just laughing and gay like a clown
         G7           C           D7                     G 
                I   seem to be what I'm   not,
                 G7     C               G                   D7                       B7 
                You see, I'm wearing my heart like a crown
                         G                       D7                     G 
                Pretending that you're still around