THE GREAT PRETENDER: PLATTERS (1955) (Buck Ram) 4/4 - 78
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.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/platters/the_great_pretender_crd.html ]
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).
This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship,
or research.
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