Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender

The Great Pretender

Tom: G

Tuning:E


Intro: G C G C



G C D G G7

Oh yes, I'm the Great Pretender,

C G G7

Pretending I'm doing well.

C D G C C #

My need is such, I pretend too much,

G C D G

I'm lonely but no one can tell

G C D G G7

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender,

C G G7

Adrift in a world of my own

C D G C C #

I play the game, but to my real shame

G C D G

You've left me to dream all alone.

C G

Too real is this feeling of make believe,

C G D

Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal



G C C G G7

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender

C G G7

Just lauging and gay like a clown

C D G C C #

I seem to be, what I'm not, you see,

G D Bmin C C #

I'm wearing my heart like a crown,

G C D G

Pretending that you're still around



C G D D #

Too real when I fell what my heart can't conceal

(everything moves up 1/2 step)



G # C # C # G # G#7

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender

C# G# G#7

Just lauging and gay like a clown

C# D# G# C # C #

I seem to be, what I'm not, you see,

G# D # B#min C# D

I'm wearing my heart like a crown,

G# C#

Pretending that you're...

G# C# G#

Pretending that your're.... still around...



Outro: G# - C# - D#