Tom: G

       G             D       G       G7      C                 G - G7
1. Oh yes, I'm the Great Pretender,      pretending I'm doing well.
         C      D          G        C         G          D          G - D
    My need is such, I pretend too much, I'm lonely but no one can tell.
       G             D       G       G7     C                      G - G7
2. Oh yes, I'm the great pretender,      adrift in a world  of my own.
        C        D           G        C            G           D         G - G7
    I play the game, but to my real shame, you've left me to dream all alone.
         C                       G            G7
    Too real is this feeling of make believe,
         C                         G             D
    too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal.
       G              D      G      G7        C                        G - G7
3. Oh yes, I'm the great pretender,     just laughing and gay like a clown.
       C       D            G        C
    I seem to be, what I'm not, you see,
         G          D             B7       G            D             G  - G7
    I'm wearing my heart like a crown, pretending that you're still around.  
         C                       G              G7
    Too real is this feeling of make believe,
          C                        G             D
    too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal.
       G             D        G       G7        C                        G - G7
4. Oh yes, I'm the great  pretender,      just laughing and gay like a clown.
      C      D            G        C        G          D            B7
  I seem to be, what I'm not, you see, I'm wearing my heart like a crown,
        G            D             B7
    pretending that you're still around, 
        G             D             G  - C - G
    pretending that you're still around.