The Great Pretender

[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