The Pretender

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The Pretender

by Jackson Browne

Chords Used:

G C/G C D G/B Am7 Em B7 A9 A9/G

E -3----0-----0----2----3-------0------0-----2-----3------3-----------|

B -0----1-----1----3----3-------1------0-----4-----2------2-----------|

G -0----0-----0----2----0-------0------0-----2-----4------4-----------|

D -0----2-----2----0----0-------2------2-----4-----2------2-----------|

A -x----3-----3---------2-------0------2------2-----0------0----------|

E -3----3-------------------------------------------------------3-----|

D/F# G/D D/C D#o7

E ---x---------3-------2--------2--------------------------|

B ---3---------3-------3--------1--------------------------|

G ---2---------0-------2--------2--------------------------|

D ---x---------x-------x--------1--------------------------|

A ---x---------5-------3-----------------------------------|

E ----2----------------------------------------------------|

Intro Part 1:

E -7---------7--------7h8---------------8-----------8----------8-------|

B -8--8--------8------------7s8--10----8---8----------8----------------|

G -7------7--------7----------------------9------9----------9----------|

D -0---------0--------0------------------10---------10--------10-------|

A ---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E ---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E --------8----------|-------------------------------|

B -8---------8------|--------------------------------|

G ----9----------9--|---REPEAT-----------------------|

D -------10---------|--------------------------------|

A -------------------|-------------------------------|

E --------------------|------------------------------|

Intro Part 2:

E -3--------------------------|---------------------|

B -3--0--1--0------0-------|------------------------|

G -0--0--0--0---2--0--0--|-REPEAT-------------------|

D -----0--2--0---2--0--2--|-------------------------|

A -----------------3------3--|----------------------|

E -3----------------------3--|----------------------|

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

D -----------0-------------------------|

A --2---3------------------------------|

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

E -----------------------------------3---------------|

B --------3--5----------------------0----------------|

G --2s4---------4--2-0-2-0-----0---------------------|

D -------------------------------2-------------------|

A ---------------------------------------------------|

E -----------------------------------3---------------|

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.