The Great Pretender

Words & Music by Buck Ram
Recorded by The Platters, 1955 (#1)


G   C             Dm7       C     C7
Oh, yes, I'm the great pretender,

F               Fm         C     C7
Pretending that I'm doing well;

     F      G7       C      Am   F
My need is such, I pretend too much --

Dm7   C         Dm7  G7      C    
I'm lonely, but no one can tell.


G   C            Dm7       C     C7   
Oh, yes, I'm the great pretender,

    F         Fm         C     C7
Adrift in a world of my own;

    F       G7          C   Am    F
I play the game, but to my real shame,

  Fm    C          G         C      C7
You've left me to dream all alone.


Bridge:

      F           Dm7        C      C7
Too real is this feeling of make believe,

     F           Dm7          C            G7
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal.


G   C             Dm7      C     C7
Oh, yes, I'm the great pretender,

       F           Fm           C    C7
Just laughing and gay, like a clown.

    F     G7          C    Am   F
I seem to be what I'm not, you see,


Coda:

      C         Dm7           E
I'm wearing my heart like a crown,

Dm7  C            F     Dm7     C
Pretending that you're still around,

Dm7   Fdim   C
Still  a - round.



 
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