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



Outro: G# - C# - D#