Intro
/ \ / (breaks)
|[G] [C] |[D] [C] [D7]
Verse 1
|[G] [C] |[G] [G7]
O-h, yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
|[C] |[G] [G7]
Pre-tending that I'm doing well, (ooh, ooh).
|[C] [D] |[G] [C]
My need is such I pre-tend too much.
|[G] [D7] |[G] [D]
I'm lonely but no one can tell.
Verse 2
|[G] [C] |[G] [G7]
O-h, yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
|[C] |[G] [G7]
A-drift in a world of my own, (ooh, ooh).
|[C] [D] |[G] [C]
I play the game but to my real shame.
|[G] [D7] |[G] [G7]
You've left me to dream all a-lone, (ooh, ooh).
Chorus
|[C] |[G]
Too real is this fee-ling of make be-lieve,
(ooh, ooh).
|[C] |[G] (2/4) |[D]
Too real when I feel what my heart can't con-ceal.
Verse 3
|[G] [C] |[G] [G7]
(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
|[C] |[G] [G7]
Just laugh-ing and gay like a clown, (ooh, ooh).
|[C] [D] |[G] [C]
I seem to be what I'm not you see.
|[G] [D] |[B]
I'm wearing my heart like a crown.
|[G] [D] |[G] [G7]
Pre-tending that you're still a-round, (ooh, ooh).
Chorus
|[C] |[G]
Too real is this fee-ling of make be-lieve,
(ooh, ooh).
|[C] |[G] (2/4) |[D]
Too real when I feel what my heart can't con-cea - l.
[Verse/Outro]
|[G] [C] |[G] [G7]
(O-h, o-h, o-h), yes I'm the great pre-tender, (ooh, ooh).
|[C] |[G] [G7]
Just laugh-ing and gay like a clown, (ooh, ooh).
|[C] [D] |[G] [C]
I seem to be what I'm not you see.
/ (break)
|[G] [D] |[B]
I'm wearing my heart like a crown.
/ (break)
|n.c. D |n.c. (slow >) |
Pre-tending that you're still a-rou-nd,
/ / / (breaks)
[C] |[G] |[G]
(sti-ll a - rou - nd).
