Chords for Jackson Browne - The Pretender, NY, June 9, 1996

[G] _ _ The song was the contingent _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ Get up [C] and say [G] it [Am] again, [G] my man
Say it [C] again, [G] my [Am] [G] man
_ [D] I [G] want to know what became of the changes
We waited [C] for love to
Were _ [G] they only the fitful dreams
Of some getter [D] away
_ _ [C] I've _ [G] been aware of the time going [C] by
_ They say [G] in the end it's the wink of an [C] eye
_ But [G] in the morning light [C] come the [D] screaming end
We'll get [C] up and say it [G] again, [Am] _ _ [G] _ yeah
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_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ We [D] crave the longing for love
And the [C] struggle for the legal [Em] tender
_ [B] Well _ _ [C] the sirens sing and the church bells ring
[Em] And the junk men pound the specter
_ Well [C] the platter and the scream [G] of the blind
Fast [B] asleep at the traffic [Em] light
And _ [A] the children _ [C#] solemnly wait
For the ice [D] cream vendor
_ [Em] Out [D] _ into [C] the cool of the evening
[D] _ [Em] Strolls the pretender
_ He _ _ _ [C] knows it all is hoax and [D] dream
_ [A] Begin [G] and end there
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_ Heard of the lovers as they run through [G] the night
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Leaving nothing _ but to [Em] choose or to fight
_ [D#] Let the _ [G] _
world live out [C] there
_ While [G] the ships
_ Bearing their [Em] dreams sail on [D] the side
_ _ _ [G] I'm gonna find myself a girl
_ Who'll show me when [Em] life's too mean
_ [G] _ And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each [D] other's paint by number [C] two _
[G] We'll put our dark glasses [C] on
_ And we'll [G] make love until our [C] strength is gone
But [G] in the morning light
Come the [D] screaming end
We'll get up and [C] say [G] it again
_ [Am] _ [G] _ We [C] _
_ [G] are [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] happy idiots
[Am] And struggle for the legal [Em] tender
_ _ [B] _ Well _ [C]
the exchange came and made their claim
[Em] To the heart and the soul of the spender
And [C] we believe in what I've [G] imagined, love
In [B] those things that money can [Em] buy
_ _ [A] The true _ _ [C#] love could have [G] never come [D] tender
_ Are [Em] _ [D] _ _ [C] you there?
_ [D] Say a prayer _ for [Em] the pretender
Who _ _ [A] _ [Em] [C] started out so young and strong
[D] _ [Am] Only to [G] surrender
_ _ _ _ _ Say a prayer _ _ _ [A] _ [G] for [C] the pretender
_ _ _ _ Are [G] you there?
Are you [A] there [G] for [C] the pretender?
_ _ _ _ Say [G] a prayer
_ _ _ _ For [C] the pretender
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_ _ _ _ [C] Say [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ a prayer for [C] the _ pretender
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[G] _ Are you [C] there for the pretender?
Yeah, _ _ [G] _ _ _
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yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ yeah_
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