The Pretender Chords by Jackson Browne

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I'm gonna rip myself a house in the shade [C] of a _ [G] freeway
_ [C] Gonna _ [G] pack my lunch in the morning _ and go [D] to work each [C] day
When [G] the evening rolls [C] around _
_ [G] I'll go home and lay my [C] body down
When [G] the morning light [D] comes streaming in I'll get up and [C] do it [G] again
_ [Am] _ [G] Amen say it [C] again
[G] _ [Am] Amen [G] _ _ I
Wanna know what became of the changes we waited [C] for love to bring
Were [G] they only the fitful dreams of some greater [D] _ awakening?
_ [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
_ When [G] the morning light comes [D] streaming in we'll get up and do [C] it [G] again
_ [Am] _ [G] _
_ Caught [C] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ [D] between the longing for love and the struggle for the legal [Em] tender
_ _ [B] Where _ [Bm] _ [C] the sirens [G] sing and the church bells ring [Em] and the junkman pounds his fender
_ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ Dream [G] of the flight
fast [B] asleep at [Em] traffic light _ The [A] children
_ [G] solemnly wait for [A] the ice [D] cream vendor
_ [D] out _ [C] into the pool of the [D] evening _
strolls [Em] the pretender
_ _ _ [C]
[A] He [C] _ knows it all is hopes and [D] dreams
_ _ [G] Beginning and the _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Shoes _ _ _ _ _ [Em] off
_ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C]
Right
While [G] the ships
_ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
I'm [G] gonna find myself a girl who can show [C] me what?
_ _ _ [G] _
And we'll fill in the missing colors _ in each [D] other's
paint-by [C]-number dreams
And [G] we'll put our dark [C] glasses on
[G] And we'll make love until our [C] strength is gone
[G] When the morning light [D] comes streaming in we'll get up [C] and do it [G] again
_ [Am] [G] Get _ it up [C] again
[G] _ [Am] I'm [G] _
_ gonna [D] be
_ And struggle for the [Em] legal tender
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C] Well the else they came
lay their claim
[Em] to the heart and the soul of the spender [E] and [C] believe
In whatever [G] may lie in [B] those things that money can [Em] _
buy
Oh [A] true
_ _ Could have been [D] a contender
_ [E] Are [D] _
_ _ [C] you there?
_ [D] Say a prayer for [Em] the pretender _ _ _ _
Who started out so young and [D] strong only to [G] surrender _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Are _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ you
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] For the tender _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _