[Verse]
G C D
I pour the milk into my coffee
G C D
I load the toaster with my bread
G C D
I try to understand the reasons
G C D
For all these voices in my head
G C D
I scan the headlines in the paper
G C D
I close my eyes and shake my head
G C D
Now I’m laughing for no reason
G C D
I must be losing it again
[Chorus]
Em G
But you know that I’m the great pretender
Em G
Though I’m just tryin’ to hold it all together
Am
But I can keep it under wraps
C
Can’t see it in a photograph
G
You’ll find it hard to tell
D
Even if you know well
Am
All the world’s a stage
C
I’ll take my bow and make my way
Em C D
‘cause you know that I’m the great pretender
[Verse]
G C D
I take a pill to help me wake up
G C D
I take another before bed
G C D
I listen to a book on Budda
G C D
He said that life is suffering
G C C
I’m not certain how that helps me
G C D
But I try to understand
G C D
And somehow Jesus died for my sins
G C D
That doesn’t make a lot of sense
[Chorus]
Em G
But you know that I’m the great pretender
Em G
Though I’m just tryin’ to hold it all together
Am
But I can keep it under wraps
C
Can’t see it in a photograph
G
You’ll find it hard to tell
D
Even if you know well
Am
All the world’s a stage
C
I can hide the hurt and rage
G
If you see me on the street
D
I’ll be the nicest one you meet
[Chorus]
Em G
‘cause you know that I’m the great pretender
Em G
Though I’m just tryin’ to hold it all together
Am
But I can keep it under wraps
C
Can’t see it in a photograph
G
You’ll find it hard to tell
D
Even if you know well
[Outro]
Em G
‘cause you know that I’m the great pretender
Em G
Though I’m just tryin’ to hold it all together
Am
All the world’s a stage
D
I’m starring in this passion play
G
If you see me on the street
D
I’ll be the nicest one you meet
[Verse]
G C D
I pour the milk into my coffee
G C D
I load the toaster with my bread
G C D
I try to understand the reasons
G C D
For all these voices in my head
G C D
I scan the headlines in the paper
G C D
I close my eyes and shake my head
G C D
Now I’m laughing for no reason
G C D
I must be losing it again
[Chorus]
Em G
But you know that I’m the great pretender
Em G
Though I’m just tryin’ to hold it all together
Am
But I can keep it under wraps
C
Can’t see it in a photograph
G
You’ll find it hard to tell
D
Even if you know well
Am
All the world’s a stage
C
I’ll take my bow and make my way
Em C D
‘cause you know that I’m the great pretender
[Verse]
G C D
I take a pill to help me wake up
G C D
I take another before bed
G C D
I listen to a book on Budda
G C D
He said that life is suffering
G C C
I’m not certain how that helps me
G C D
But I try to understand
G C D
And somehow Jesus died for my sins
G C D
That doesn’t make a lot of sense
[Chorus]
Em G
But you know that I’m the great pretender
Em G
Though I’m just tryin’ to hold it all together
Am
But I can keep it under wraps
C
Can’t see it in a photograph
G
You’ll find it hard to tell
D
Even if you know well
Am
All the world’s a stage
C
I can hide the hurt and rage
G
If you see me on the street
D
I’ll be the nicest one you meet
[Chorus]
Em G
‘cause you know that I’m the great pretender
Em G
Though I’m just tryin’ to hold it all together
Am
But I can keep it under wraps
C
Can’t see it in a photograph
G
You’ll find it hard to tell
D
Even if you know well
[Outro]
Em G
‘cause you know that I’m the great pretender
Em G
Though I’m just tryin’ to hold it all together
Am
All the world’s a stage
D
I’m starring in this passion play
G
If you see me on the street
D
I’ll be the nicest one you meet
