Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender

[intro]
D  Ddim  D7  Gdim  D7

[chorus 1]
   G     Am         D   G       G7
Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
   C                 G
Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh)
   C       D         G        C    A7
My need is such I pretend too much
  G/B          D      G        C/G G
I'm lonely but no one can tell

[chorus 2]
 D7 G     Am        D7  G       G7
Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
 C                   G       G7
Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh)
 C         D           G       C     A7
I play the game but to my real shame
       G          D         G
You've left me to dream all alone

[verse 1]
   C                       G     G7
Too real is this feeling of make believe
   C
Too real when I feel what my
G/B            D G/B  D7
 heart can't conceal

[chorus 3]
Gdim G     Am          D  G        G7
Ooh ooh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
  C                        G
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh)
 C       D            G        C   A7
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
  G/B          D            B     C A7
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
   G/B          D        G
Pretending that you're still around

[bridge]
G7   C       G
Yeah ooh hoo
 C              Am7
Too real when I feel what my
G/B             D   Eb
heart can't conceal

[chorus 4]
   Ab  Bbm7         Eb    Ab     Ab9 Ab7
Oh yes I'm the great   pretender
  Eb                         Ab     Ab7
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh)
 Db       Eb          Ab        Db  Bb7
I seem to be what I'm not you see
   Ab                  C       Db
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
 Bb7 Ab        Eb7sus4
Pre   tending that you're
                                   Ab Db/F
Pretending that you're still around

[outro]
Ab7  Db/F  Ab   Absus4  Ab
Abm  Db/F  Abm  Ab
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