[Intro] Eb  F  Bb  Bb/D 
        Eb  Bb  F  Bb  F

       Bb          Eb   F   Bb     Eb Bb
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
   Eb                      Bb
Pretending that I'm doing well
    Eb      F        Bb  Bb/D  Eb
My need is such I pretend too much
    Bb         F  F/A      Bb   F
I'm lonely but no one can tell

       Bb           Eb      B     Eb Bb
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
  Eb                    Bb
Adrift in a world of my own
     Eb         F      Bb  Bb/D      Eb
I've played the game but to my real shame
        Bb         F       Bb     Eb Bb
You've left me to dream all alone

     Eb                      Bb
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
     Eb                      Bb             F
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

   Bb          Eb   F   Bb    Eb Bb
Oh yes I'm the great pretender
    Eb                        Bb
Just laughin' and gay like a clown
    Eb    F       Bb  Bb/D     Eb
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
      Bb        F Aº         Gm    Bb Eb
I'm wearin' my heart like a crown
Eb/G Bb/F        F  F/A       Bb    Eb Bb
Pretending that you're still around

     Eb                     Bb
Too real is the feeling of make-believe
     Eb                      Bb             F
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

    Bb          Eb  F    Bb    Eb Bb
Oh yes I'm the great pretender
    Eb                        Bb
Just laughin' and gay like a clown
   Eb     F       Bb  Bb/D     Eb
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
     Bb               F Aº          Gm   Bb Eb
I'm wearin' this old heart like a crown
Eb/G Bb/F       F  Aº          Gm    Bb Eb
Pretending that you're still around

But I know what I am
  Bb     F Aº      Bb
I am the great pretender