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#