Chords for Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (Extended Version) - 1987

_ _ _ _ _ Oh, yes!
Do you think it's me?
Me too!
Oh, God!
Me too!
I know, it's very Joe St.
John, isn't it?
It's perfect!
Ah!
I'm naked!
Here, cut that!
_ The reason I'm not liking it is because I haven't got the shape.
I want it to go in.
[G] You're _ _ _ _ _ busting the laces, buddy!
_ _ Thank you, thank you, dear.
I prefer you [Em] both to the very best.
I'm River Tick-Tock.
Perfect.
I'm now looking beautiful.
You can't see it.
Gaffer me an arcade.
Don't read out.
You don't need to wind it up. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm Jane Van Spoon.
Right, we'll need everybody around.
Let's go.
Okay, let's go.
[C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ Oh yes, I'm the great [G] pretender.
_ _ [C] _
Pretending I'm [G] doing well.
_ [C] My need [D] is such, I [G] pretend too much.
I'm lonely, [D] but no [G] one can tell.
Oh yes, I'm the great _ pretender.
_ [C] Adrift in a world [G] of my own.
_ _ [C] Play [D] the game, [G] but to my [C] real shame.
[G] You've left me [D] to dream [G] all alone.
_ [C] Too real is the feeling [G] I make believe.
[C] Too real [Am] when I feel [G] what my heart can't conceal.
Oh yes, [A] I'm the great [G] pretender. _
[C] Just laughing and gay [G] like a clown. _
[C] I seem [D] to be [G] what I'm not.
You [C] see, [G] I'm wearing [D] my heart [B] like a crown. _ _
[G] Pretending [D] that you're [G] still around. _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] Too real when [Am] I feel what [G] my heart [D] can't [Ab] conceal.
_ Oh yes, [Eb] I'm the great [Ab] pretender.
_ _ [Db] Just laughing and gay _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] like a clown.
I seem to [Eb] be what [Ab] I'm not.
You [Db] see, I'm wearing [Eb] my heart [C] like a crown.
_ [D] _ [Ab] Pretending that [Eb] you're still around.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ Too _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[Am] real when I feel [G] what my _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ heart can't conceal.
Just _ [Db] _ laughing and gay [Ab] like a clown.
_ [Db] I seem to be [Ab] what I'm [Db] not.
You see, _ [Dm] I'm wearing [Eb] my heart [C] like a crown.
_ _ [Ab] Pretending that you're_
[Bb] _ Pretending that you're _ [Eb] still around.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
[E] Take _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ them all! _ _ _ _ _