The Platters – The Great Pretender

Guitar chords and lyrics of The Great Pretender by The Platters
Published 1955
Original key F

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Capo fifth fret

.        C                  Dm           C            C7
Oh, yes  I’m the great  pretender, (ooh, ooh).
.     F                                          C         C7
Pretending  that I’m  doing well, (ooh, ooh).
.       F            G               C                F
My need  is such  I pretend  too much.
.       C                G7                  C       G
I’m lonely  but no  one can tell.

 

.        C                   Dm          C             C7
Oh, yes  I’m the great  pretender, (ooh, ooh).
.    F                                       C         C7
A drift  in a world  of my own, (ooh, ooh).
.   F              G                    C              F
I play  the game  but to my  real shame.
.             C                  G7               C         C7
You’ve left me  to dream  all alone, (ooh, ooh).

 

.        F                                       C
Too real  is this fee-ling  of make  believe, (ooh, ooh).

.        F                                             C                      G
Too real  when I feel  what my heart  can’t conceal.

.                             C                    Dm            C           C7
(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes  I’m the great  pretender, (ooh, ooh).
.         F                                             C       C7
Just laugh-ing and gay  like a clown, (ooh, ooh).
.    F            G                    C             F
I seem  to be  what I’m not  you see.
.        C                     G                   E
I’m wearing  my heart  like a crown.
.       C                      G                  C             C7
Pretending  that you’re  still around, (ooh, ooh).

 

.        F                                        C
Too real  is this fee-ling  of make  believe, (ooh, ooh).

.        F                                              C                        G
Too real  when I feel  what my heart  can’t conceal

 

.                            C                      F              C            C7
(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes  I’m the great  pretender, (ooh, ooh).
.          F                                           C          C7
Just laugh-ing and gay  like a clown, (ooh, ooh).
.    F           G                     C             F
I seem  to be  what I’m not  you see.

.         C                    G                   E
I’m wearing  my heart  like a crown.

/ (break)
n.c.                            G       n.c. (slow )
Pretending  that you’re   still  a-rou-nd,

/        /              / (breaks)
F           C        C
(still   around).