Great Pretender
The Platters, Freddie Mercury (Herb Reed Died June 2012)
Midi  1(G78)   Midi 2 (E78)   
 Midi 3 (A188)    Midi 4(A93)
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 R-6  6 5   -4   4     -4   5     5-4 4    4    -6  -6  -6     -5  6 -6    -6 6
| Oh, yes, I'm the | great pre | tender, pre | tending that | I'm doing | well. |
 RR 4    -6  -6    -7   -6 -7   7  7    6     -6    -6    6  5   4  -4  4  -4   4
|  My | need is | such I - I | pretend too | much, I'm | lonely but no one can tell.
 R -6    6 5 rr -4  4      -4   5    5-4 4   RR4  -6  -6 -6   -5   6  -6   -66 rr
|  Oh, | yes,  I'm the | great pre | tender,|  adrift in a | world of my | own.   |
 RR4  -6  -6     -7   -6  -7    7   6      -6     -6       6   5  4   -4   4   -4 4
|  I play the | game, but to | my real | shame, you've | left me to dream all alone.
 RR4     -6  -6  -6     -5  6  -6     6   5     6     4
| Too | real is this | feeling of | make be | lieve. Too |
  -6-6  -6  -6   -5    6  -6     6     4    4     -4  R
| real when I | feel what my | heart can't con | ceal.  |    |
   6    -4  4      -4   5    5-4 4    RR4      -6  -6   -6    -5   6  -6    6
| Yes, I'm the | great pre | tender, | just | laughin' and | gay like a | clown. |
RR4    -6  -6   -7 -6  -7     7   6     -6   -6     6  5   4    -4    4  -4     5
| I | seem to | be but I'm | not you | see, I'm | wearing my | heart like a | crown.
 R -6     6  5   4       -4     4   -4   -44
| Pre | tending that | you're still a | round. |
 RR 4     -6  -6  -6     -5  6  -6     6   5     6   R  4
|  Too | real is this | feeling of | make be | lieve.   To |
   -6   -6  -6   -5    6  -6     6     7    7     -8  7 -8 7   -8 r r R 
| real when I | feel what my | heart can't con | ceal.       |           |       
   6    -4  4      -4   5    5-4 4    RR4      -6  -6   -6    -5   6  -6    6
| Yes, I'm the | great pre | tender, | just | laughin' and | gay like a | clown. |
RR4    -6  -6   -7 -6  -7     7   6     -6   -6     6  5   4    -4    4  -4     5
| I | seem to | be but I'm | not you | see, I'm | wearing my | heart like a | crown.
 R -6     6  5   4       -4     4   -4   -44
| Pre | tending that | you're still a | round. |  (fade)

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