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...