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The Great Pretender chords
The Platters 1956  (Buck Ram) *

Capo I

E A B7
       
       E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)   E7Oh-oh, (020130@1)yes I'm the great pretender
   A (x02220@1)          B7 (x21202@1)      E (022100@1) E7Pretending (020130@1)that I'm doing well
   A (x02220@1)     B7 (x21202@1)      E (022100@1)      AMy (x02220@1)need is such I pretend too much
    E (022100@1)        B7 (x21202@1)       EI'm (022100@1)lonely but no one can tell

E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)   E7Oh-oh, (020130@1)yes I'm the great pretender
 A (x02220@1)        B7 (x21202@1)        E (022100@1)E7Adrift (020130@1)in a world of my own
     A (x02220@1)        B7 (x21202@1)           E (022100@1)   AI've (x02220@1)played the game but to my real shame
       E (022100@1)        B7 (x21202@1)        E (022100@1) E7You've (020130@1)left me to grieve all alone

A (x02220@1)          B7 (x21202@1)       E (022100@1)         E7Too (020130@1)real is this feeling of make-believe
    A (x02220@1)         B7 (x21202@1)         E (022100@1)            B7Too (x21202@1)real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)   E7Yes, (020130@1)I'm the great pretender
     A (x02220@1)          B7 (x21202@1)       E (022100@1)  E7Just (020130@1)laughin' and gay like a clown
  A (x02220@1)     B7 (x21202@1)        E (022100@1)      AI (x02220@1)seem to be what I'm not, you see
    E (022100@1)        B7 (x21202@1)         E7I'm (020130@1)wearing my heart like a crown
   E (022100@1)          B7 (x21202@1)          E (022100@1)  E7Pretending (020130@1)that you're still around

A (x02220@1)          B7 (x21202@1)       E (022100@1)         E7Too (020130@1)real is this feeling of make-believe
    A (x02220@1)         B7 (x21202@1)         E (022100@1)            B7Too (x21202@1)real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)   E7Yes, (020130@1)I'm the great pretender
     A (x02220@1)          B7 (x21202@1)       E (022100@1)  E7Just (020130@1)laughin' and gay like a clown
  A (x02220@1)     B7 (x21202@1)        E (022100@1)      AI (x02220@1)seem to be what I'm not, you see
    E (022100@1)        B7 (x21202@1)         E7I'm (020130@1)wearing my heart like a crown
   E (022100@1)          B7 (x21202@1)          E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)    EPretending (022100@1)that you're still around,   still around

* Alternate:

Capo III

E (022100@1)= D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A  = GE7 (320003@1)= D7
B7 = A7

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