The
Great Pretender
(GP
825)
Georg Thomas
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:
HEADS PROMENADE GO HALF WAY
WALK RIGHT IN AND PASS THE OCEAN HERE;
EXTEND
SWING THRU YOU KNOW, YOU
SPIN THE TOP FOR ME
BOY MOVE UP AND DO THE RIGHT AND LEFT THRU
FLUTTERWHEEL STRAIGHT ACROSS, SWEEP 1/4
MORE
SWING THE CORNER GIRL AND 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, TURN YOUR PARTNER RIGHT
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