The Great Pretender

Words and music by Buck Ram

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		   Bmin   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 #	G#7
Oh yes, I'm the great 	pretender

    C#				    G#	 G#7
Just lauging and gay like a clown

    C#   D#		G#	     C #     C #
I seem to be, what I'm not, you see,

	G#	     D	#	   B#min   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#