[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