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 Db
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 Db
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 D G C
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
G C D G G7
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
C G G7
Just laughing and gay like a clown
C D G C Db
I seem to be, what I'm not, you see
G D Bm C Db
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
G C D G
Pretending that you're still around
C D G C Eb
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
(everything moves up 1/2 step)
Ab Db Ab Ab7
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Db Ab Ab7
Just laughing and gay like a clown
Db Eb Ab Db Db
I seem to be, what I'm not, you see
Ab Eb Cm Db D
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Ab Db Ab Db
Pretending that ... Pretending that ...
Ab Db Eb Ab
Pretending that you're... still around...
