THE GREAT PRETENDER  (Platters)
 
 
INTRO:  G C G C
 
 
    G             C       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         D           G
I'm lonely but no one can tell


    G             C       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           D         G
You've left me to dream all alone.


     C                       G      G7 
Too real is this feeling of make believe,
     C                        G              D   D7
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 laughing and gay like a clown
   C      D             G        C
I seem to be, what I'm not, you see,
     G          D             B7 
I'm wearing my heart like a crown,
    G             D            G
Pretending that you're still around


     C                       G      G7 
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#    G#7
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
      C#                       G#  G#7
Just laughing and gay like a clown
   C#     D#           G#       C#
I seem to be, what I'm not, you see,
     G#         D#           C7
I'm wearing my heart like a crown,
    G#           C#             G#  C#  D#   C#  G#
Pretending that you're still around