n.c.: no chord

               /  \  / (breaks)
INTRO: G  C  D  C  D7

VERSE 1:

    G            Am        G        G7
O-h, yes  I'm the great  pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
   C                       G      G7
Pre-tending  that I'm  doing well, (ooh, ooh).
  C        D          G         C
My need  is such  I pre-tend  too much.
   G           D7         G    D
I'm lonely  but no  one can tell.

VERSE 2:

    G            Am        G        G7
O-h, yes  I'm the great  pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
 C                       G     G7
A-drift  in a world  of my own, (ooh, ooh).
 C         D           G        C
I play  the game  but to my  real shame.
      G           D7          G      G7
You've left me  to dream  all a-lone, (ooh, ooh).

CHORUS:

   C                         G
Too real  is this fee-ling  of make  be-lieve,
                                       (ooh, ooh).

   C                         G (2/4)         D    
Too real  when I feel  what my heart  can't con-ceal.

VERSE 3:
                G            C         G        G7
(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes  I'm the great  pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
    C                        G       G7
Just laugh-ing and gay  like a clown, (ooh, ooh).
 C        D           G        C
I seem  to be  what I'm not  you see.
   G           D            B
I'm wearing  my heart  like a crown.
   G             D              G       G7
Pre-tending  that you're  still a-round, (ooh, ooh).

CHORUS:

   C                         G
Too real  is this fee-ling  of make  be-lieve,
                                       (ooh, ooh).

   C                         G (2/4)         D    
Too real  when I feel  what my heart  can't con-cea - l.

VERSE 4 + OUTRO:

                G            C         G        G7
(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes  I'm the great  pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
    C                        G       G7
Just laugh-ing and gay  like a clown, (ooh, ooh).
 C        D           G        C
I seem  to be  what I'm not  you see.

                              / (break)
   G           D            B
I'm wearing  my heart  like a crown.

                  / (break)
    | n.c.          D        | n.c. (slow >)   | 
Pre-tending  that you're   still  a-rou-nd,

 /        /              / (breaks)
 C            G        G
(sti-ll   a - rou  -  nd).