Words &
Music:
Buck Ram
(arr: Roberto
Guimar‹es & Roberto Crescioni)
You can, of course, play the easier version of any
of these chords (i.e. D7 for Dsus4/7/9) and it will sound fine.
D
Ddim D7
[n.c.] G9
D7/9
G9 G7/9 C9
C6/9 G9 G7/9
Oh---! Yes, I'm the great pretender. Pretending that I'm doing well.
C9
D/C G9 C9
G9 D7/9
G9 D7/9
My need is such, I pretend too much. I'm lonely, but no one can tell.
G9 Am9 G9 G7/9 C9
G9 G7/9
Oh! Yes, I'm the great pretender---, adrift
in a world of my own.
C9
D/C G/B C#dim
G9 D/C G9 G7/9
I play the game, but to my real shame, you've
left me to dream all alone.
CHORUS:
C9
G9
Too real is the feeling of make-believe
C9
Am9
G9
D7/13 Dsus4/7/9
Too real when I feel what my heart can't
conceal
G9
D7/9 G9 G7/9 C9
G9 G7/9
Oh!
Yes, I'm the great pretender, just laughing and gay like a clown.
C9
D/C G/B C#dim G9
D/C
E/G# Am6
I seem to be what I'm not, you see, I'm
wearing my heart like a crown.
G9
D7/9 G9 G7/9.
Pretending that you're still around.
CHORUS:
G9
D7/9
G9 G7/9 C9
G9 G7/9
Oh!
Yes, I'm the great pretender, just laughing and gay like a clown.
C9
D/C
G/B C#dim G9
D/C E/G# Am6
I seem to be what I'm not, you see, I'm
wearing my heart like a crown.
G9
D7/9 G9
Pretending that you're still around.