Chords for Roy Orbison - The Great Pretender (1962)

[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] Oh yes, [Bb] I'm the great [F] _ pretender _ _ _
[Bb] Pretending that I'm [F] doing _ well
_ [Cm]
[Bb] My need [C] is such, [F] I pretend
_ [Bb] I'm _ _
[F] lonely, [C] but no [F] one can tell
[C] _ Oh [F] yes, [Bb] I'm the great [F] _ [Dm] pretender
[F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] Adrift in a world [F] of my own
_ _ [A]
[Bb] I played [C] the game, [F] but to my [Bb] real shame
[F] You left me [C] to grieve [F] all alone
[Dm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] Real is this feeling [F] I've made
_ Believe, _
[Bb] _ real when I feel
What [F] my heart [C] can't describe _
_ I'm [F] _ _
[Bb] the great _ [F] pretender _
[Dm] Just _ [Bb] laughing [Gm]
and gay [Dm] like a clown _
[F] _ _ [Bb] I seem [C] to breathe, but [F] I'm not, [Bb] you see
[F] I'm wearing [C] my heart like [A] a crown
_ _ _ [F] _ Pretending [C] that you're [F] still _ around
_ _ [Bb] Real is this feeling [F] I've made _
Believe, _ [Bb] _ real when I feel
What my [F] heart [C] can't _ conceal _ _
_ _ [F] Oh yes, [Bb] I'm the great [F] pretender _
_ Just [Bb] laughing and gay [Dm] like a clown
[F] _ I [Bb] seem [C] to breathe, _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] but I'm not, you see
My heart [A] like a _ crown
_ [D] _ Pretending [F] _
_ that [E] you're still [F] around
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _