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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # >From: [email protected] (Ejn521) >Subject: TAB:The Pretender-Jackson Browne >Date: 1 Nov 1996 00:50:25 -0500 The Pretender by Jackson Browne Chords Used: G C/G C D G/B Am7 Em B7 A9 A9/G D/F# G/D D/C D#o7 Intro Part 1: Intro Part 2: Verse 1: G C/G I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway, G D C Gonna pack my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day G C And when the evening rolls around, G C I'll go on home and lay my body down G D And when the morning light comes streaming in C G/B Am7 G I'll get up and do it again Amen C G/B Am7 G Say it again Amen Verse 2 G I want to know what became of the changes, C/G We waited for love to bring G Were they only the fitful dreams D C Of some greater awakening G C I've been aware of the time going by G C They say in the end it's the blink of an eye G D And when the morning light comes streaming in C G/B Am7 G You'll get up and do it again Amen D Caught between the longing for love C Em B7 And the struggle for the legal tender C/G Where the sirens sing and the churchbells ring Em And the junkman pounds his fender C G Where the veterans dream of the fight, B7 Em Fast asleep at the traffic light A9 A9/G D/F# And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor Em D C D Em Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender C D He knows that all his hopes an dreams G Begin and end there C G Ah the lovers as they run through the night C Em Leaving nothing but to choose off and fight D#O7 G/D C And tear at the world with all their might G/D Em While the ships bearing their dreams G/D D Sail out of sight Verse 3 G I'm gonna find myself a girl, C/G Who can show me what laughter means G D Then we'll fill in the missing colors in each others C Paint by number dreams G C And then we'll put our dark glasses on G C And we'll make love until our strength is gone G D And when the morning light comes streaming in C G/B Am7 G We'll get up and do it again C G/B Am7 G Get it up again G D D/C Em I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender B7 C/G Where the ads take aim, and lay their claim Em To the heart and the soul of the spender C G And believe in whatever may lie B7 Em In those things that money can buy A9 A9/G D/F# Though true love could have been a contender Em D C D Em Are you there, say a prayer for the pretender C D G Who started out so young and strong only to surrender Over Intro Part 2: G C Say a prayer for the pretender G C Are you there for the pretender G C Are you prepared for the pretender etc.
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