Key: A
Introduction:
B A B A
A B
Well, you heard about the Great Pretender?
A B
I went to see him and he's not the same
A B
Down by the club on the parking lot cinders
A
I was to meet him and play his game
D
Yonder stands the sinner
E E/F# G
He calls my name without a sound
Instrumental
B A B A
A B
I saw his face in the attic window
A B
Yelling down through the broken pane
A B
Sinner man! What you got to run for?
A
Church bells rang when he said that name
D
Yonder stands the sinner
E E/F# G B
He calls my name without a sound
A B
Well, I was about as scared as I could be
A B
I went and hid behind the nearest tree
A B
I peeked out from behind the branches
A
Sinner!
D
Yonder stands the sinner
E E/F# G
He calls my name without a sound
B A
To get down
Instrumental
A B A
B A B A
B A
Outro
D B
Guess you heard about the Great Pretender?
D B E
I went to see him and he's not the same
D B
Guess you heard about the Great Pretender?
D B E A7
I went to see him and he's not the same