THE GREAT PRETENDER (Listen to midi)

G D G G7 C G - G7

1. Oh yes, I'm the Great Pretender, pretending I'm doing well.

C D G C G D G - D

My need is such, I pretend too much, I'm lonely but no one can tell.

G D G G7 C G - G7

2. Oh yes, I'm the great pretender, adrift in a world of my own.

C D G C G D G-G7

I play the game, but to my real shame, you've left me to dream all alone.

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 D G G7 C G - G7

3. Oh yes, I'm the great pretender, just laughing and gay like a clown.

C D G C

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

G D B7 G D G - G7

I'm wearing my heart like a crown, 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 D G G7 C G - G7

4. Oh yes, I'm the great pretender, just laughing and gay like a clown.

C D G C G D B7

I seem to be, what I'm not, you see, I'm wearing my heart like a crown,

G D B7

pretending that you're still around,

G D G - C - G

pretending that you're still around.