The Platters – The Great Pretender (Guitar)

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[Intro] / \ / (breaks) |G C |D C D7 [Verse 1]
    |G            C        |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            C        |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.
[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/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).