Chords for Sam Cooke - The Great Pretender [1960]

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Oh _ [Bb] yes, I'm the great [Eb] pretender _
[Ab] Pretending _ I'm [Eb] doing well
[Ab] My need [Bbm] is such, [Eb] I pretend [Ab] too much
[Eb] I'm lonely [Bb] but no [Eb] one can tell
Oh yes, [Bb] I'm the [Eb] great pretender _
[Ab] Adrift in a world of [Eb] my own
[Ab] I play the [Bbm] game, but [Eb] to my [Ab] real shame
[Eb] You've left me [Bb] to dream [Eb] all alone
Too [Ab] real is this feeling [Eb] of make-believe
[Ab] Too real when I feel [Eb] what my heart [Bb] can't conceal
[Eb] Oh [Bb] yes, I'm the [Eb] great pretender _
[Ab] Just laughing and gay [Eb] like a clown
I [Ab] seem [Bbm] to be what [Eb] I'm not, [Ab] you see
[Eb] I'm wearing [Fm] my heart [G] like a crown
_ [Eb] Pretending [Bb] that you're [Eb] still around
Too [Ab] real is this feeling [Eb] of make-believe
[Ab] Too real when I feel [Eb] what my heart can't [B] conceal
Oh yes, I'm the [E] great pretender
[A] Just laughing and gay [E] like a clown
[A] I seem to be [E] what I'm not, [A] you see
[E] I'm wearing [Gbm] my heart [Ab] like a crown
[B] _ _ [E] Pretending [A] that [B] you're still [E] around
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