The Pretender Jackson Browne
G C C/E x3 Slowly Capo 2
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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 wo-o-rk each day
G C Cadd9
And when the evening rolls a….round
G C Cadd9
I'll go on home and lay my body down
G D
And when the mornin’ light comes streamin’ in
C G/B Am G pause
I'll get up and do it again, A - men
C G/B Am G //
Say it again, A - men
G C C/E
I want to know what became of the changes, we waited for lo-ove to bring
G D C
Were they only the fitful dreams of some greater awakening
G C Cadd9
I've been aware of the time going by
G C Cadd9
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
G D
And when the mornin’ light comes streamin’ in
C G/B Am G pause C G/B Am G
I'll get up and do it again, A - men
D Cadd9
Caught… between the longing for love and the struggle
Em/B B7
for the legal tender
C Em
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring and the junkman pounds his fender
C G B7 Em
Where the veterans dream of the fight, fast asleep at the traffic light
A5 A D/F# Em - D
And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor
Cmaj7 D Em D
Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
Cadd9 D G
He knows that all his hopes and dreams, begin and end there
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Ah the lovers as they run through the night
Em G
Leaving nothing but to choose off and fight
G C
And tear at the world with all their might
G/B Em D pause
While the ships bearing their dreams sail out of sight
G C C/E
I'm gonna find myself a girl who can show me what laughter means
G D C
And we'll fill in the missing colors in each others’ paint-by-number dreams
G C Cadd9
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
G C Cadd9
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
G D
And when the mornin’ light comes streamin’ in
C G/B Am G pause C G/B Am G
We'll get up and do it again, Get it up again
D Cadd9 Em B7
I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
C Em
Where the ads take aim, and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
C G B7 Em
And believe in whatever may lie, in those things that money can buy
A5 A D/F# Em - D
Though true love could have been a contender
Cadd9 D Em
Are you there, say a prayer for the pretender
C D G
Who started out so young and strong, only to surrender
G C C/E G C C/E
Say a prayer for the pretender
Fade out G C C/E G C C/E G C C/E
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