Intro:		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   C #

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   C #

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		G	D

Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal


    G		      C  C  G	G7

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender

    C				    G	 G7

Just lauging and gay like a clown

    C	   D		G	     C      C #

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

	G	     D		   Bm9   C   C #

I'm wearing my heart like a crown,

	G		C  D      G

Pretending that you're still around

	C			G	D    D #

Too real when I fell what my heart can't conceal

(everything moves up 1/2 step)



     G	#	      C # 	C # 	G #	Ab7

Oh yes, I'm the great 	pretender

    C#				    Ab	 Ab7

Just lauging and gay like a clown

    C#   Eb		Ab	     C #     C #

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

	Ab	     D	#	   B#min   C#   D

I'm wearing my heart like a crown,

	Ab		C#

Pretending that you're...

	Ab		C#		   Ab

Pretending that your're....	    still around...

Outro: Ab - C# - Eb