The Pretender | Jackson Browne | Lyrics ☾☀ Chords

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade [C] of a [G] freeway.
_ _ _ [C] _
[G] Gonna pack my lunch in the morning _ and go [D] to work each [C] day.
And when [G] the evening rolls [C] around, _ _ [G] I'll go on home and lay my [C] body down.
And [G] when the morning light comes [D] 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.
_ [G] Were 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.
_ And when [G] the morning light comes [D] streaming in, we'll get up and do [C] it [G] again.
_ [Am] _ [G]
Amen.
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ Caught [D] between the longing for love and the struggle for the legal [Em] tender.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ [C] Well, the sirens [G] sing and the church bells ring and the [Em] junk man pounds his fender.
The [A] _ [C] _ children's dream [G] of the flight, fast [B] asleep at the [Em] traffic light.
_ _ [A] And the children _ [G] solemnly wait for [A] the ice [D] cream vendor.
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[D] Out into [C] the cool of the evening [D] _
strolls the [Em] pretender.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ He knows that all his hopes and [D]
dreams _ [G] begin and end. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ Ah, the laughter of the lovers as they run [G] through the night. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ Leaving nothing, leaving nothing but to choose, [Em] often fight.
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And [A] tear [G] up the world with all their [C] might.
_ While [G] the ships bearing their [Em]
dreams sail out of [G] sight.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] I'm gonna find myself a girl who can show [C] me what laughter means.
[D] _ _ [C] And we'll [G] fill in the missing colors _ in each [D] other's paint-by-number [C] dreams.
And [G] we'll put our dark glasses [C] on [G] and we'll make love until our [C] strength is gone.
When [G] the morning light comes [D] streaming in, we'll get up and do [C] it again.
[G] _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ Get it up [C] again.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ I'm gonna be [D] a happy idiot and struggle for the legal [Em] tender.
_ _ [B] _
Where _ [C] the elves they gain, lay [G] their [Em] claim to the heart and soul of the spender.
[E] And [C] believe in whatever [G] may lie in [B] those things that money [Em] can buy.
Oh, [A] true _ _ love, great help in a [D] contender.
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[D] _ Are [C] you there?
_ [D] Say a prayer for the [Em] pretender. _ _ _ _
Who started out [E] so young and [D] strong only to [G] surrender. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ Say a prayer for [C] the pretender. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Are you there for the [C] pretender?
_ Say _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ a prayer [C] for the pretender. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ Are you there for [C] the pretender? _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ Prepare for the [C] pretender. _ _ _ _ _
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