Introdução: G C D Db D 
 
             G             C      G 
        Oh! Yes, I'm the great pretender, 
 
    G7     C                       G 
        Pretending that I'm doing well 
 
    G7      C       D7        G           C  
        My need is such, I pretender too much 
 
             G          D7          G       D7 
        I'm lonely, but no one can tell 
 
             G            C       G 
        Oh! Yes, I'm the great pretender, 
 
    G7     C                     G 
        A drift in a world of my own 
 
    G7     C        D7          G        C 
        I play the game, but to my real shame 
 
                G          D7         G 
        You've left me to dream all alone 
 
    G7       C                       G 
        Too real is  the  feeling of make believe 
 
             C                        G              
   D7   Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal 
 
             G            C       G 
        Oh! Yes, I'm the great pretender, 
 
    G7       C                        G 
        Just laughing and gay like a clown 
 
    G7      C      D7           G 
        I  seem to be what I'm  not, 
 
        G7   C        G          D7            B7 
        You see, I'm wearing my heart like a crown 
 
            G            D7           G 
        Pretending that you're still around 
 
    G7       C                       G 
        Too real is  the  feeling of make believe 
 
             C                        G             
    D7  Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal 
 
             G            C       G 
        Oh! Yes, I'm the great pretender, 
 
    G7       C                        G 
        Just laughing and gay like a clown 
 
    G7      C      D7           G 
        I  seem to be what I'm  not, 
 
        G7   C        G          D7            B7 
        You see, I'm wearing my heart like a crown 
 
            G            D7           G 
        Pretending that you're still around