The Great Pretender
(GP 915)
New Way
OPENER
SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE
OH YES I'M THE GREAT PRETENDER (OOH
OOH)
PRETENDING I'M DOING WELL (OOH OOH)
MY NEED IS SUCH I PRETEND TOO MUCH
I'M LONELY BUT NO ONE CAN TELL
ALLEMANDE AND WEAVE
OH YES I'M THE GREAT PRETENDER (OOH OOH)
SWING YOUR GIRL AND PROMENADE
[OR: ADRIFT IN A WORLD OF MY OWN
(OOH
OOH)]
I PLAY THE GAME BUT TO MY REAL SHAME
YOU'VE LEFT ME TO DREAM ALL ALONE
FIGURE:
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SWING YOUR CORNER, PROMENADE
I PLAY THE GAME BUT TO MY REAL SHAME
YOU'VE LEFT ME TO DREAM ALL ALONE
BREAK / CLOSER:
CIRCLE LEFT
TOO REAL IS THIS FEELING OF MAKE
BELIEVE
TOO REAL WHEN I FEEL WHAT MY HEART
CAN'T CONCEAL
ALLEMANDE LEFT YOUR CORNER, COME HOME A
DOSADO
ALLEMANDE LEFT YOUR CORNER AND WEAVE
I SEEM TO BE WHAT I'M NOT (YOU SEE)
I'M WEARING MY HEART LIKE A CROWN
PRETENDING THAT YOU'RE STILL AROUND
TAG:
SWING
PRETENDING THAT YOU'RE STILL AROUND
Original
Artist:
The Platters (US #1 in 1956)
Freddy Mercury (UK #4 in 1987)
Writer/ Composer
Buck Ram
Publisher:
Panther Music Corp
THE GREAT PRETENDER
Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh)
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell
Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh)
I play the game but to my real shame
You've left me to dream all alone
Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart
can't conceal
Ooh Ooh yes I'm the great pretender
(ooh ooh)
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh
ooh)
I seem to be what I'm not (you see)
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Yeah ooh hoo
Too real when I feel what my heart
can't conceal
Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh
ooh)
I seem to be what I'm not you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're
Pretending that you're still around