Platters – The Great Pretender chords ver. 2

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

Capo I

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

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

    A            B7         E           E7Too real is this feeling of make-believe
    A           B7           E              B7Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

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

    A            B7         E           E7Too real is this feeling of make-believe
    A           B7           E              B7Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

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

* Alternate:

Capo III

E  = D
A  = G
E7 = D7
B7 = A7

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