#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # 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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# The Pretender chords Jackson Browne G C 2x G C 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 Am G I'll get up and do it again Amen C G Am G Say it again Amen G I want to know what became of the changes, C 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 wink of an eye G D And when the morning light comes streaming in C G Am G I'll get up and do it again Amen C G Am G Say it again Amen G D Caught between the longing for love C Em B7 And the struggle for the legal tender C Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring Em C And the junkman pounds his fender G C Where the veterans dream of the fight, B7 Em Fast asleep at the traffic light A7 G D And 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 D He knows that all his hopes an dreams G Begin and end there G C G C C G Ah the lovers as they run through the night C Em Leaving nothing but to choose off and fight D G C And tear at the world with all their might G Em While the ships bearing their dreams G D Sail out of sight D G I'm gonna find myself a girl, C Who can show me what laughter means G Then we'll fill in the missing colors in each others D 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 Am G we'll get up and do it again Amen C G Am G get it up again Amen G D C Em B7 I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender C Where the ads take aim, and lay their claim Em G 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 A7 D 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 G C Csus4 Say a prayer for the pretender G C Csus4 Are you there for the pretender G C Csus4 Are you prepared for the pretender G C Csus4 Are you there for the pretender (Csus4 = C chord + high E 3rd fret) Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/
