Chords:
{t:Pretender, The - Alt}
{artist:Jackson Browne}
{key: G}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ROK1-VvOQ0
{c: }
[G] [C] x2 (2 bars per chord)
I'm gonna [G] rent myself a house in the shade of the [C] freeway
Gonna [G] pack my lunch in the morning, and go to [D] work each [C] day
And when the [G] evening rolls a-[C]round,
I'll go on [G] home and lay my body [C] down
And when the [G] morning light comes streaming [D] in
I'll get up and do it a-[C]gain [G] [Am] A-[G]men
Say it a-[C]gain [G] [Am] A-[G]men
[G] I want to know what became of the changes,
We waited for [C] love to bring
[G] Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater a-[D]wakening [C]
I've been a-[G]ware of the time going [C] by
They say in the [G] end it's the wink of an [C] eye
And when the [G] morning light comes streaming [D] in
I'll get up and do it a-[C] gain [G] [Am] A-[G]men
Say it a-[C]gain [G] [Am] A-[G] men
[G] Caught between the [D] longing for love
And the [C] struggle for the legal [Em] tender [B7]
Where the [C] sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the [Em] junkman pounds his [C] fender
Where the [G] veterans dream of the [C] fight,
Fast a-[B7]sleep at the traffic [Em] light
And the [A7] children solemnly wait [G] for the ice cream [D] vendor
[Em] Out into the [C] cool of the evening, [D] strolls the pre-[Em]tender [D]
He knows that [C] all his hopes and[D] dreams
Begin and [G] end there
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[C] Ah the lovers as they run through the [G] night
Leaving [C] nothing but to choose off and [Em] fight
And [D] tear at the [G] world with all their [C] might
While the [G] ships bearing their [Em] dreams
[G] Sail out of [D] sight
[D] I'm gonna [G] find myself a girl,
Who can show me what [C] laughter means
Then we'll [G] fill in the missing colors in each others
[D] Paint by number [C] dreams
And then we'll [G] put our dark glasses [C] on
And we'll make [G] love until our strength [C] is gone
And when the [G] morning light comes streaming [D] in
we'll get up and do it a-[C]gain [G] [Am] A-[G]men
Say it a-[C]gain [G] [Am] A-[G]men
[G] I'm gonna be a [D] happy idiot, and [C] struggle for the legal ten-[Em]der [B7]
Where the [C] ads take aim, and lay their claim
To the [Em] heart and the soul of the [G] spender
And be-[C]lieve in whatever may [G] lie
In those [B7] things that money can [Em] buy
Though [A7] true love [G] could have been a con-[D]tender [Em] [D]
Are you [C] there, say a [D] prayer for the pre-[Em]tender
Who started out so [C] young and [D] strong only to surren-[G]der
{c: Fade }
[G] Say a prayer for the pre-[C]tender
[G] Are you there for the pre-[C]tender
[G] Say a prayer for the pre-[C]tender
[G] Are you there for the pre-[C]tender
