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The Great Pretender

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[Intro]
/ \ / (breaks)
| G   C| D   C  D7  
[Verse 1]
| G   C| G  G7  
O-h, yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
| C| G  G7  
Pre-tending that I'm doing well, (ooh, ooh).
| C   D| G  C  
My need is such I pre-tend too much.
| G   D7| G  D  
I'm lonely but no one can tell.
[Verse 2]
| G   C| G  G7  
O-h, yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
| C| G  G7  
A-drift in a world of my own, (ooh, ooh).
| C   D| G  C  
I play the game but to my real shame.
| G   D7| G  G7  
You've left me to dream all a-lone, (ooh, ooh).
[Chorus]
| C|G  
Too real is this fee-ling of make be-lieve,
(ooh, ooh).
| C| G(2/4) | D  
Too real when I feel what my heart can't con-ceal.
[Verse 3]
| G   C| G  G7  
(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
| C| G  G7  
Just laugh-ing and gay like a clown, (ooh, ooh).
| C   D| G  C  
I seem to be what I'm not you see.
| G   D|B  
I'm wearing my heart like a crown.
| G   D| G  G7  
Pre-tending that you're still a-round, (ooh, ooh).
[Chorus]
| C|G  
Too real is this fee-ling of make be-lieve,
(ooh, ooh).
| C| G(2/4) | D  
Too real when I feel what my heart can't con-cea - l.
[Verse/Outro]
| G   C| G  G7  
(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
| C| G  G7  
Just laugh-ing and gay like a clown, (ooh, ooh).
| C   D| G  C  
I seem to be what I'm not you see.
/ (break)
| G   D|B  
I'm wearing my heart like a crown.
/ (break)
|n.c. D |n.c. (slow >) |
Pre-tending that you're still a-rou-nd,
/ / / (breaks)
C| G|G  
(sti-ll a - rou - nd).
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About The Great Pretender Chords by The Platters

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