Jackson Browne – The Pretender chords

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The Pretender chords
Jackson Browne

G C 2x

          G                                       CI'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway
      G                                       D         CGonna pack my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
             G              CAnd when the evening rolls around,
           G                    CI'll go on home and lay my body down
             G                             DAnd when the morning light comes streaming in
                       C  G  Am GI'll get up and do it again  Amen
        C  G   Am  GSay it again  Amen

GI want to know what became of the changes,
              CWe waited for love to bring
GWere they only the fitful dreams
                D       COf some greater awakening
           G                      CI've been aware of the time going by
                G                       CThey say in the end it's the wink of an eye
             G                             DAnd when the morning light comes streaming in
                       C  G  Am GI'll get up and do it again  Amen
        C  G   Am  GSay it again  Amen

G                  DCaught between the longing for love
        C                Em    B7And the struggle for the legal tender
          CWhere the sirens sing and the church bells ring
        Em                 CAnd the junkman pounds his fender
          G                     CWhere the veterans dream of the fight,
      B7                   EmFast asleep at the traffic light
        A7                             G         DAnd the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor

Em           D                    C              Em    D   Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
              C                DHe knows that all his hopes an dreams
          GBegin and end there

G  C   G  C

C                                     GAh the lovers as they run through the night
        C                             EmLeaving nothing but to choose off and fight
    D           G                    CAnd tear at the world with all their might
          G                   EmWhile the ships bearing their dreams
G           DSail out of sight

D         GI'm gonna find myself a girl,
                     CWho can show me what laughter means
           G                                             Then we'll fill in the missing colors in each others
         D      CPaint by number dreams
               G                    CAnd then we'll put our dark glasses on
               G                          CAnd we'll make love until our strength is gone
             G                             DAnd when the morning light comes streaming in
                        C  G  Am Gwe'll get up and do it again  Amen
           C  G   Am  Gget it up again  Amen

G              D                C                Em    B7I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
          CWhere the ads take aim, and lay their claim
       Em                        GTo the heart and the soul of the spender
    C                       GAnd believe in whatever may lie
         B7                    EmIn those things that money can buy
       A7                             DThough true love could have been a contender

Em      D            C     D           EmAre you there, say a prayer for the pretender
    C                        D                GWho started out so young and strong only to surrender

G                       C     Csus4Say a prayer for the pretender
G                        C     Csus4Are you there for the pretender
G                           C     Csus4Are you prepared for the pretender 
G                        C     Csus4Are you there for the pretender

(Csus4 = C chord + high E 3rd fret)

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