Chords for Sam Cooke-The Great Pretender

[Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ Oh yes, [Bb] I'm the [Eb] great pretender
[Ab] Pretending _ _ [Eb] I'm doing well
[Ab] My need [Bb] 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 [Eb] of my own
[Ab] I play [Bb] the game
[Eb] But to my [Ab] real shame
[Eb] You've left me [Bb] to dream [Eb] all [Cm] along
[Eb] _
[Ab] Too real is this feeling [Eb] of make-believe
[Ab] Too real when I feel [Eb] what my heart [Bb] can't conceal
[Eb] Oh yes, [Bb] I'm the [Eb] great pretender
Just [Ab] laughing and gay [Cm] like a [Eb] clown _
[Ab] I seem to [Bb] be what [Eb] I'm not
[Ab] You see, [Eb] I'm wearing [Fm] my heart [G] like a crown
_ [Bb] _
[Eb] Pretending [Bb] that you're [Eb] still around
Too [Ab] real is this feeling [Eb] of make-believe
[Ab]
Too real when I [Eb] feel what my [Abm] heart can't [B] conceal
[E] Oh yes, [B] I'm the [E] great pretender
Just [A] laughing and gay [Dbm] like a clown
[E] I [A] seem to [B] be what [E] _ [A] I'm _
[E] _ [Gbm] not
You see, I'm wearing my heart [Ab] like a crown
[B] _
[E] _ Pretending [A] that [B] you're still [E]
around
[Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _