The Great Pretender                        Tempo: 70 / Toonsoort: G
(Freddie Mercury)

Spooky soft studio  ( Holland )
[Intro:]

G    Am7 D G    C1+2+5 
----       ----        

[Chorus 1:]

   G            Am7   D  G       G7    C                 G     G7 
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender,    pretending I'm doing well.    

   C       D         G        C     C#dim 
My need is such I pretend too much,       

    G/D        D7         G     
I'm lonely but no one can tell. 

[Chorus 2:]

   G            Am7   D  G       G7  C                      G    G7 
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender,    adrift in a world of my own.    

  C        D            G       C     C#dim 
I play the game, but to my real shame       

       G/D        D          G     G7 
you've left me to dream all alone. 

[Bridge:]

    C                       G             G7     C           Am7  
Too real is this feeling of make believe,    too real when I feel 

        G/D         D        Ddim 
what my heart can't conceal.      

[Chorus Rest:]

D  Daug G       Am7   D  G       G7 
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender,    

     C                       G      G7   C       D  
just laughing and gay like a clown.    I seem to be 

         G        C    C#dim     G/D        D            B      C 
what I'm not, you see,       I'm wearing my heart like a crown,   

   C#dim G/D           D      G      G7 
pretending that you're still around, 

[Bridge 2:]

     C      G G7     C         Am7            G/D            D     
yeah.  ----      Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal. 

[Chorus Rest:]

D# G#           Bbm7  D#    G#   G#7 
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender,     

     C#                      G#     G#7   C#      D# 
just laughing and gay like a clown.     I seem to be 

         G#       C#   Ddim     G#/D#      D#           C      C# 
what I'm not, you see,      I'm wearing my heart like a crown,    

Cdim G#/D#      Bbm7/D# D#7                   [N.C.]
pretending that you're  still, still, around.       

[Ending:]

G#   Bbm7 D# G#   G#7 C#   D# D#7 G#   G#   C#6 Bbm7 G#   C#6 Bbm7 
----         ----     ----        ---- ----          ----          

G#   C#6 Bbm7 G#   C#6 Bbm7 G#   Bbm7/D# G#   Bbm7 G#   Bbm7/D# 
----          ----          ----         ----      ----         

G#6  Bbm7 G#1+2+5 
----      ----    

       
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