The Pretender Jackson Browne
[G] [C/G] [C] [D] [G/B] [Am7] [Em] [B7] [A9] [A9/G]
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D/F# G/D D/C D#o7
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Intro Part 1:
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Intro Part 2:
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Verse 1:
I'm gonna rent mysel[G]f a house in the shade of the freeway, [C/G]
Gonna pac[C]k my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
And when the evening [G]rolls around, [C]
I'll go on ho[G]me and lay my body down [C]
And when the morning[G] light comes streaming in [D]
I'll get up and do it again [C] [G/B] Amen[Am7] [G]
Say it again [C] [G/B] [Am7] Amen[G]
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Verse 2
I want to know wha[G]t became of the changes,
We waited for love to[C/G] bring
Were they only t[G]he fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening [D] [C]
I've been awar[G]e of the time going by [C]
They say in the end it'[G]s the wink of an eye [C]
And when the morning[G] light comes streaming in [D]
You'll get up and do it again [C] A[G/B]men [Am7] [G]
Caught between the longing fo[D]r love
[C] [Em] [B7]
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens[C/G] sing and the churchbells ring
And the junk[Em]man pounds his fender
Where the veter[C]ans dream of the fight, [G]
Fast asle[B7]ep at the traffic light [Em]
And the child[A9]ren solemnly wait for th[A9/G]e ice cream vendor [D/F#]
[Em] Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
He knows that all his[C] hopes and dreams [D]
Begin and end th[G]ere
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[C]Ah laughter of the lovers as they run through the night [G]
[C]Leaving nothing for the others but to choose off and fight [Em]
D#O7 G/D C
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships[G/D] bearing their dreams [Em]
Sail out of si[G/D]ght [D]
Verse 3
I'm gonna find[G] myself a girl,
Who can show me what laughter means [C/G]
Then we'll fill[G] in the missing colors in each others [D]
Paint by number dreams [C]
And then we'll put ou[G]r dark glasses on [C]
And we'll make love un[G]til our strength is gone [C]
And when the morning[G] light comes streaming in [D]
We'll get up and do it again [C] [G/B] [Am7] [G]
Get it up again [C] [G/B] [Am7] [G]
[Em]I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
[B7] Where the ads [C/G]take aim, and lay their claim
To the hea[Em]rt and the soul of the spender
And believ[C]e in whatever may lie [G]
In those thing[B7]s that money can buy [Em]
Though true lov[A9]e could[A9/G] have been a contender [D/F#]
[Em] [D] Are you [C]there, say a pra[D]yer for the pretender [Em]
[C] [D] [G]
Who started out so young and strong only to surrender
Over Intro Part 2:
[G]Say a prayer for the pretender [C]
[G]Are you there for the pretender [C]
[G]Are you prepared for the pretender etc. [C]
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