Dolly Parton

The Great Pretender(Chords)

Dolly Parton

Key: Bb

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	        Intro Eb  F  Bb  Bb/D  
        Eb  Bb  F  Bb  F 

       Bb          Eb   F   Bb     Eb Bb 
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender 
   Eb                      Bb 
Pretending that I'm doing well 
    Eb      F        Bb  Bb/D  Eb 
My need is such I pretend too much 
    Bb         F  F/A      Bb   F 
I'm lonely but no one can tell 

       Bb           Eb      B     Eb Bb 
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender 
  Eb                    Bb 
Adrift in a world of my own 
     Eb         F      Bb  Bb/D      Eb 
I've played the game but to my real shame 
        Bb         F       Bb     Eb Bb 
You've left me to dream all alone 

     Eb                      Bb 
Too real is this feeling of make-believe 
     Eb                      Bb             F 
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal 

   Bb          Eb   F   Bb    Eb Bb 
Oh yes I'm the great pretender 
    Eb                        Bb 
Just laughin' and gay like a clown 
    Eb    F       Bb  Bb/D     Eb 
I seem to be what I'm not, you see 
      Bb        F          Gm    Bb Eb 
I'm wearin' my heart like a crown 
Eb/G Bb/F        F  F/A       Bb    Eb Bb 
Pretending that you're still around 

     Eb                     Bb 
Too real is the feeling of make-believe 
     Eb                      Bb             F 
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal 

    Bb          Eb  F    Bb    Eb Bb 
Oh yes I'm the great pretender 
    Eb                        Bb 
Just laughin' and gay like a clown 
   Eb     F       Bb  Bb/D     Eb 
I seem to be what I'm not, you see 
     Bb               F           Gm   Bb Eb 
I'm wearin' this old heart like a crown 
Eb/G Bb/F       F            Gm    Bb Eb 
Pretending that you're still around 

But I know what I am 
  Bb     F       Bb 
I am the great pretender
	        

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