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The Pretender chords
Jackson Browne

G C 2x

G (320003@1)                                     CI'm (x32010@1)gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway
      G (320003@1)                                     D (xx0232@1)       CGonna (x32010@1)pack my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
             G (320003@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)when the evening rolls around,
           G (320003@1)                  CI'll (x32010@1)go on home and lay my body down
             G (320003@1)                           DAnd (xx0232@1)when the morning light comes streaming in
                       C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
I'll get up and do it again  Amen
        C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)GSay (320003@1)it again  Amen

GI (320003@1)want to know what became of the changes,
              CWe (x32010@1)waited for love to bring
GWere (320003@1)they only the fitful dreams
                D (xx0232@1)     COf (x32010@1)some greater awakening
           G (320003@1)                    CI've (x32010@1)been aware of the time going by
                G (320003@1)                     CThey (x32010@1)say in the end it's the wink of an eye
             G (320003@1)                           DAnd (xx0232@1)when the morning light comes streaming in
                       C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
I'll get up and do it again  Amen
        C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)GSay (320003@1)it again  Amen

G (320003@1)                DCaught (xx0232@1)between the longing for love
        C (x32010@1)              Em (022000@1)  B7And (x21202@1)the struggle for the legal tender
          CWhere (x32010@1)the sirens sing and the church bells ring
        Em (022000@1)               CAnd (x32010@1)the junkman pounds his fender
          G (320003@1)                   CWhere (x32010@1)the veterans dream of the fight,
      B7 (x21202@1)                 EmFast (022000@1)asleep at the traffic light
        A7 (x02020@1)                           G (320003@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor

Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)                  C (x32010@1)            Em (022000@1)  D (xx0232@1) 
Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
              C (x32010@1)              DHe (xx0232@1)knows that all his hopes an dreams
          GBegin (320003@1)and end there

G (320003@1)C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)                                   GAh (320003@1)the lovers as they run through the night
        C (x32010@1)                           EmLeaving (022000@1)nothing but to choose off and fight
    D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)                  CAnd (x32010@1)tear at the world with all their might
          G (320003@1)                 EmWhile (022000@1)the ships bearing their dreams
G (320003@1)         DSail (xx0232@1)out of sight

D (xx0232@1)       GI'm (320003@1)gonna find myself a girl,
                     CWho (x32010@1)can show me what laughter means
           G (320003@1)                                           
Then we'll fill in the missing colors in each others
         D (xx0232@1)    CPaint (x32010@1)by number dreams
               G (320003@1)                  CAnd (x32010@1)then we'll put our dark glasses on
               G (320003@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)we'll make love until our strength is gone
             G (320003@1)                           DAnd (xx0232@1)when the morning light comes streaming in
                        C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
we'll get up and do it again  Amen
           C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)Gget (320003@1)it up again  Amen

G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)              Em (022000@1)  B7I'm (x21202@1)gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
          CWhere (x32010@1)the ads take aim, and lay their claim
       Em (022000@1)                      GTo (320003@1)the heart and the soul of the spender
    C (x32010@1)                     GAnd (320003@1)believe in whatever may lie
         B7 (x21202@1)                  EmIn (022000@1)those things that money can buy
       A7 (x02020@1)                           DThough (xx0232@1)true love could have been a contender

Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)         EmAre (022000@1)you there, say a prayer for the pretender
    C (x32010@1)                      D (xx0232@1)              GWho (320003@1)started out so young and strong only to surrender

G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)   Csus4Say (x33010@1)a prayer for the pretender
G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)   Csus4Are (x33010@1)you there for the pretender
G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)   Csus4Are (x33010@1)you prepared for the pretender 
G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)   Csus4Are (x33010@1)you there for the pretender

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

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