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1  Oh-oh, yes, I'm the great pretender.   Oh yes, I'm the great pretender 1
2  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)                           Pretending that I'm doing well 2
3  Pretending that I'm doing well.                       My need is such; I pretend too much 3
1  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)   1
2  My need is such I pretend too much.   2
  I'm lonely but no one can tell.  I'm lonely but no one can tell.
      
4  Oh-oh, yes, I'm the great pretender.   Oh yes, I'm the great pretender 4
5  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)                                     A drift in a world of my own 5
6  Adrift in a world of     my own.          I play the game; but to my real shame 6
7  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)                                    You've let me to dream all alone. 7
3  I've played the game but to my real shame,   3
4  You've left me to grieve all alone.   4
      
8  Too real is this feeling of make-believe.            Too real is this feeling of make believe 8
5  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)   5
  Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal.  Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal.
6  (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh...)   6
      
9  Yes!      I'm the great pretender.   Oh yes I'm the great pretender 9
10  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)                                       Just laughing and gay like a clown 10
11  Just laughin' and gay like a clown.             I seem to be what I'm not; you see 11
12  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)                                       I'm wearing my heart like a crown 12
7  I seem to be what I'm not, you see,   7
8  I'm wearing my heart like a crown.   8
  Pretending that you're still around.  Pretending that you're still around.
9  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)   9
      
13  Too real is this feeling of make-believe.            Too real is this feeling of make believe 13
14  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)                                                         Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal 14
10  Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal.   10
11  (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh...)   11
12   12
13  Yes! I'm the great pretender.   13
14  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)   14
15  Just laughin' and gay like a clown.   15
16  (Ooo-ooo-oooo.)   16
17  I seem to be what I'm not, you see,   17
18  I'm wearing my heart like a crown.   18
19  Pretending that you're still around.   19
20  (Still around.)   20
21   21
22   22
23  [THE GREAT PRETENDER[1]   23
24  [Written by: Buck Ram[2]   24
25  Performed by: The Platters[3]-1956[4]   25
26  Produced by: Buck Ram   26
27  Appears on: Platters-1956, Remember When?-1959, The New Golden Hits of the   27
28  Platters-1967, American Graffiti (Original Soundtrack)-1973*, The Great   28
29  Pretender-1974 & 1995, Red Sails in the Sunset-1976, Platterama-1982, Golden   29
30  Hits (Mercury-1986 & (Polygram)-1986, Greatest Hits-1991, MVP Vintage Soul,   30
31  Vol. 2-1998*[5], 20th Century Masters-The Millennium Collection: The Best of   31
32  the Platters-1999, The Legends Collection, Vol. 1-2001, The Best of the   32
33  Platters-2008, et al. (*Compilation of various artists.)]   33
34   34
35  [1]"The Great Pretender," was the first song by an Afro-American act to   35
36  reach the top (#1) of the Pop (white) Charts in the U.S in November 1955. It   36
37  also went to the #1 spot on the U.S. R&B Charts and #5 in the U.K.]   37
38   38
39  [2]The Platters started out merely aping the R&B style of the day. Their   39
40  fortunes were changed due to Buck Ram who was their mentor, manager,   40
41  producer, songwriter, and vocal coach. Ram took what many would say were a   41
42  run-of-the-mill R&B doo wop vocal group and turned them into stars and one   42
43  of the most enduring and lucrative groups of all time.]   43
44   44
45  [3]Covered by: Brian Eno, The Band, Sam Cooke, Stan Freberg, Gatlin   45
46  Brothers, Freddy Mercury, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, The Righteous Brothers,   46
47  The Statler Brothers, The Stylistics, Bobby Vinton, et al.]   47
48   48
49  [4]The act went through many personnel changes, with the most successful   49
50  incarnation was: lead tenor Tony Williams, David Lynch (not to be confused   50
51  with the American film director of the same name), Paul Robi, Herb Reed, and   51
52  Zola Taylor. By the end of the '60s, the group had disbanded with various   52
53  members starting up their own version of the Platters. This bit of   53
54  franchising now extends into the present day, with an estimated 125   54
55  sanctioned versions of "The Original Platters" out on the oldies show   55
56  circuit. Despite the confusion, The Platters continued to record with the   56
57  following lineup: lead vocalist Sonny Turner, Nate Nelson (former lead voice   57
58  of The Flamingos), David Lynch, Herb Reed and Sandra Dawn.]   58
      
  [5]Transcribed from the track on this album.]   Yes I'm the great pretender
1  Just laughing and gay like a clown1
2  I seem to be what I'm not you see2
3  I'm wearing my heart like a crown3
4  Pretending that you're still around4
      


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