The Pretender chords by Jackson Browne

Chords with lyrics

The Pretender chords
Jackson Browne

G+G C majorC 2x

     G+G                    C majorC
I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway
   G+G                    D MajorD     C majorC
Gonna pack my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
       G+G       C majorC
And when the evening rolls around,
      G+G          C majorC
I'll go on home and lay my body down
       G+G               D MajorD
And when the morning light comes streaming in
            C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
I'll get up and do it again Amen
    C majorC G+G  A minorAm G+G
Say it again Amen

G+G
I want to know what became of the changes,
       C majorC
We waited for love to bring
G+G
Were they only the fitful dreams
        D MajorD    C majorC
Of some greater awakening
      G+G           C majorC
I've been aware of the time going by
        G+G            C majorC
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
       G+G               D MajorD
And when the morning light comes streaming in
            C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
I'll get up and do it again Amen
    C majorC G+G  A minorAm G+G
Say it again Amen

G+G         D MajorD
Caught between the longing for love
    C majorC        E minorEm  B7B7
And the struggle for the legal tender
     C majorC
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
    E minorEm         C majorC
And the junkman pounds his fender
     G+G           C majorC
Where the veterans dream of the fight,
   B7B7          E minorEm
Fast asleep at the traffic light
    A7A7               G+G     D MajorD
And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor

E minorEm      D MajorD          C majorC       E minorEm  D MajorD
Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
       C majorC        D MajorD
He knows that all his hopes an dreams
     G+G
Begin and end there

G+G C majorC  G+G C majorC

C majorC                   G+G
Ah the lovers as they run through the night
    C majorC               E minorEm
Leaving nothing but to choose off and fight
  D MajorD      G+G          C majorC
And tear at the world with all their might
     G+G          E minorEm
While the ships bearing their dreams
G+G      D MajorD
Sail out of sight

D MajorD     G+G
I'm gonna find myself a girl,
           C majorC
Who can show me what laughter means
      G+G
Then we'll fill in the missing colors in each others
     D MajorD   C majorC
Paint by number dreams
        G+G          C majorC
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
        G+G             C majorC
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
       G+G               D MajorD
And when the morning light comes streaming in
            C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
we'll get up and do it again Amen
      C majorC G+G  A minorAm G+G
get it up again Amen

G+G       D MajorD        C majorC        E minorEm  B7B7
I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
     C majorC
Where the ads take aim, and lay their claim
    E minorEm            G+G
To the heart and the soul of the spender
  C majorC            G+G
And believe in whatever may lie
     B7B7          E minorEm
In those things that money can buy
    A7A7               D MajorD
Though true love could have been a contender

E minorEm   D MajorD      C majorC   D MajorD      E minorEm
Are you there, say a prayer for the pretender
  C majorC            D MajorD        G+G
Who started out so young and strong only to surrender

G+G            C majorC   Csus4Csus4
Say a prayer for the pretender
G+G            C majorC   Csus4Csus4
Are you there for the pretender
G+G              C majorC   Csus4Csus4
Are you prepared for the pretender
G+G            C majorC   Csus4Csus4
Are you there for the pretender

(Csus4Csus4 = C majorC chord + high E MajorE "3rd fret")


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