Chords for Roy Clark - 1966 - The Great Pretender

[Em] Foncies like, deuces [F] like _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Whoa, _ [F] _ yes, [C] I'm a great [F] _ _
pretender
_ _ [Bb] _ _
Pretending _ [F] I'm doing well _
_ _ _ [Bb] My [C] need is so much, [F] I pretend too [Bb] much
[F] _ _
[C] I'm lonely but no [F] one can tell _
_ [C] Whoa, [F] _ yes, [C] I'm the great [F] _ _
pretender
_ [Bb] I do it in a rush
_ [F] _ _
All my time [Bb] I play [C] in the game
[F] I turn my eyes _
[Bb] _ _ The shame you've [F] left [C] me
I got hung [F] up to dream all about
_ _ _ [Bb] And the realest deceiving
Whoa, [F] _ _
I really [Bb] feel
The realest that I feel
See, the [F] monkey
But my heart [C] can't conceive
_ _ Oh, [F] yes, [C] I'm the great _
[F] pretender _ _ _
[Bb] I'm just a laughing ho-ho and game
Like [F] a clown, _ _ [Bb] I seem [C] to be
But [F] I'm not, [Bb] you see
[F]
I'm wearing _ [C] my heart [A] like a crown
_ _ _ [F] _
Pretending [C] that it all [F] fell around
_ The [Bb] _
_ realest deceiving
Whoa, [F]
I really feel
[Bb] _
_ The realest that I feel
But [F] my heart [C] can't conceive _
[F] Oh, yes, [C] I'm the great _ [F] _ pretender _ _
[Bb] I'm just a laughing ho-ho and game
_ [F] Like a clown, _ [Bb] I seem [C] to be
[F] But I'm not, [Bb] you see
[F] I'm wearing [C] my heart [A] like a crown _ _ _ _
_ [B] In _ [E] the _ _ _ northeast at seven knots
Would you [Ab] believe from the southwest at four
No breeze at all _
[F] Pretending _ [C] that you're _ still [E] around
_ [Bb] _ _ _ Still around
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _