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JACKSON BROWNE


The Pretender

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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 fitf

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.