The song is about pretending to be happy and doing well when internally the singer feels lonely. Over three verses, the singer describes pretending to be carefree while hiding their real feelings of loneliness and pain from losing a love. They wear a facade of happiness like a "crown" to conceal their broken heart.
The song is about pretending to be happy and doing well when internally the singer feels lonely. Over three verses, the singer describes pretending to be carefree while hiding their real feelings of loneliness and pain from losing a love. They wear a facade of happiness like a "crown" to conceal their broken heart.
The song is about pretending to be happy and doing well when internally the singer feels lonely. Over three verses, the singer describes pretending to be carefree while hiding their real feelings of loneliness and pain from losing a love. They wear a facade of happiness like a "crown" to conceal their broken heart.
G C G G7 C G - G7 1. Oh yes, I'm the Great Pretender, pretending that I'm doing well. C D G C G D G - D My need is such, I pretend too much, I'm lonely but no one can tell.
G C G G7 C G - G7 2. Oh yes, I'm the great pretender, adrift in a world of my own. C D G C G D G-G7 I play the game, but to my real shame, you've left me to dream all alone. C G G7 Too real is this feeling of make believe, C G D D too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal. (wo - oh - oh - oh)
G C G G7 C G - G7 3. Oh yes, I'm the great pretender, just laughing and gay like a clown. C D G C I seem to be, what I'm not, you see, G D B7 B7 G D G - G7 I'm wearing my heart like a crown, pretending that you're still around. C G G7 Too real is this feeling of make believe, C G D D too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal. (wo - oh - oh - oh)
G C G G7 C G - G7 4. Oh yes, I'm the great pretender, just laughing and gay like a clown. C D G C G D B7 / B7 I seem to be, what I'm not, you see, I'm wearing my heart like a crown, G D G C G pretending that you're still around. (still around)