n.c.: no chord

               /  \  / (breaks)
INTRO: G5  C5  D5  C5  D5

VERSE 1:

    G5            A5        G5        G5
O-h, yes  I'm the great  pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
   C5                       G5      G5
Pre-tending  that I'm  doing well, (ooh, ooh).
  C5        D5          G5         C5
My need  is such  I pre-tend  too much.
   G5           D5         G5    D5
I'm lonely  but no  one can tell.

VERSE 2:

    G5            A5        G5        G5
O-h, yes  I'm the great  pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
 C5                       G5     G5
A-drift  in a world  of my own, (ooh, ooh).
 C5         D5           G5        C5
I play  the game  but to my  real shame.
      G5           D5          G5      G5
You've left me  to dream  all a-lone, (ooh, ooh).

CHORUS:

   C5                         G5
Too real  is this fee-ling  of make  be-lieve,
                                       (ooh, ooh).

   C5                         G5 (2/4)         D5    
Too real  when I feel  what my heart  can't con-ceal.

VERSE 3:
                G5            C5         G5        G5
(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes  I'm the great  pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
    C5                        G5       G5
Just laugh-ing and gay  like a clown, (ooh, ooh).
 C5        D5           G5        C5
I seem  to be  what I'm not  you see.
   G5           D5            B5
I'm wearing  my heart  like a crown.
   G5             D5              G5       G5
Pre-tending  that you're  still a-round, (ooh, ooh).

CHORUS:

   C5                         G5
Too real  is this fee-ling  of make  be-lieve,
                                       (ooh, ooh).

   C5                         G5 (2/4)         D5    
Too real  when I feel  what my heart  can't con-cea - l.

VERSE 4 + OUTRO:

                G5            C5         G5        G5
(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes  I'm the great  pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
    C5                        G5       G5
Just laugh-ing and gay  like a clown, (ooh, ooh).
 C5        D5           G5        C5
I seem  to be  what I'm not  you see.

                              / (break)
   G5           D5            B5
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)
 C5            G5        G5
(sti-ll   a - rou  -  nd).