Chords for The Pretender - Jackson Browne.wmv
Tempo:
73.45 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jackson Brown co-wrote the Eagles take it easy and the Jackson 5 covered his doctor my eyes
This is the title of a 1976 million-selling album.
This song was written in
Los Angeles and in a tacky hotel room in Hawaii
and [G]
[Bm] in a storefront that I'd rented to write in and
North [G] Hollywood and actually [Am] it was almost finished before I [G] discovered this sort of theme this
[C] and the whole song sort of opened up and became
[G]
became about twice as long and
someone asked me what you know who the pretender is and I it's it's um
it's always been my pleasure to sort of avoid answering that [C] question, but
[G] Because it's not me exactly although [D] sometimes people
[C] applaud for me at that moment
And that's [F#] in the song as if I am but in [G#m] truth
You know there is some there is some of the pretender in me, but it's anybody that's sort of
lost
Side of some of their [C] dreams and is trying to make sort of going through the motions trying to make a stab at a certain
Way life these these other people [G] succeeding at so maybe it's a lot of people of a certain generation
Who sort of embraced a [E] very material lifestyle in [F] place of dreams that they had?
[C#]
Sort of [G] disintegrated at [D] some point
[G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[G] I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of [C] the freeway
Anyway gonna [G] pack my lunch in the morning and go to work
[C] each day
and when [G] the rolls [C] around
[G] I'll go on home and lay my [C] body down
[G] And when the morning light comes streaming [D] in I get up [C] and do it again
[G] Amen say it again
Amen I wanna know what became of the changes we [C] waited for love to bring
[G] Were they only the pitful dream of some [D] greater?
Awakening
[C]
[G] I've been aware of the time [C] going by
They [G] say in the end.
It's the [C] wink of an eye
And [G] when the morning light [D] comes streaming I [C] get up and do it again
[G]
[D] [Dm]
[Em] [B] Well [C] the sirens sing and the church bells ring [Em] and the junk man founds his vendor
[C] Oh
[G] Dream of the fire
[B] Fast asleep at the traffic [Em] light and [A] the children
[Am] We wait for [D] the ice cream vendor
Had [C] him to the cool of the evening
[D] strolls [Em] the pretender
[C] He knows it all is hopes [D] and dreams
[G] Begin
[C] They [G] run through the night
[C] Leaving nothing for the others but to [Em] choose off and fight
[Cm] And tear up [G] the world with [C] all their might
while [G] the ships
[Em] Bearing their dreams
[D] [G] I'm gonna find myself a girl
Who can show me what?
[C]
[G] And
missing color in each [D] other's paint by [C] number three and
[G] We'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until [C] I strength is gone and [G] when the morning light
[D] Comes screaming in get up [C] and do it again
[G]
[C] Get it up again
[G] I'm gonna [D] be a happy
idiot [Dm] and struggle for the [G] legal tender
[B]
[C] Where the edge take a
leather claim [Em] to
the soul of the spender
[C] and believe in whatever
[G] Man, I [B] in those things that money [Em] can buy
[A] the true love
[B] Put out [D] in a contender
[C] Are you there?
Say a [Bm] prayer for the [Em] pretender
[C] Started out so young and strong
only to [G] surrender
[C] [G]
[A] [C] Say a prayer for [G] the pretender
[C]
Are you there?
for [G] the pretender
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
This is the title of a 1976 million-selling album.
This song was written in
Los Angeles and in a tacky hotel room in Hawaii
and [G]
[Bm] in a storefront that I'd rented to write in and
North [G] Hollywood and actually [Am] it was almost finished before I [G] discovered this sort of theme this
[C] and the whole song sort of opened up and became
[G]
became about twice as long and
someone asked me what you know who the pretender is and I it's it's um
it's always been my pleasure to sort of avoid answering that [C] question, but
[G] Because it's not me exactly although [D] sometimes people
[C] applaud for me at that moment
And that's [F#] in the song as if I am but in [G#m] truth
You know there is some there is some of the pretender in me, but it's anybody that's sort of
lost
Side of some of their [C] dreams and is trying to make sort of going through the motions trying to make a stab at a certain
Way life these these other people [G] succeeding at so maybe it's a lot of people of a certain generation
Who sort of embraced a [E] very material lifestyle in [F] place of dreams that they had?
[C#]
Sort of [G] disintegrated at [D] some point
[G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[G] I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of [C] the freeway
Anyway gonna [G] pack my lunch in the morning and go to work
[C] each day
and when [G] the rolls [C] around
[G] I'll go on home and lay my [C] body down
[G] And when the morning light comes streaming [D] in I get up [C] and do it again
[G] Amen say it again
Amen I wanna know what became of the changes we [C] waited for love to bring
[G] Were they only the pitful dream of some [D] greater?
Awakening
[C]
[G] I've been aware of the time [C] going by
They [G] say in the end.
It's the [C] wink of an eye
And [G] when the morning light [D] comes streaming I [C] get up and do it again
[G]
[D] [Dm]
[Em] [B] Well [C] the sirens sing and the church bells ring [Em] and the junk man founds his vendor
[C] Oh
[G] Dream of the fire
[B] Fast asleep at the traffic [Em] light and [A] the children
[Am] We wait for [D] the ice cream vendor
Had [C] him to the cool of the evening
[D] strolls [Em] the pretender
[C] He knows it all is hopes [D] and dreams
[G] Begin
[C] They [G] run through the night
[C] Leaving nothing for the others but to [Em] choose off and fight
[Cm] And tear up [G] the world with [C] all their might
while [G] the ships
[Em] Bearing their dreams
[D] [G] I'm gonna find myself a girl
Who can show me what?
[C]
[G] And
missing color in each [D] other's paint by [C] number three and
[G] We'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until [C] I strength is gone and [G] when the morning light
[D] Comes screaming in get up [C] and do it again
[G]
[C] Get it up again
[G] I'm gonna [D] be a happy
idiot [Dm] and struggle for the [G] legal tender
[B]
[C] Where the edge take a
leather claim [Em] to
the soul of the spender
[C] and believe in whatever
[G] Man, I [B] in those things that money [Em] can buy
[A] the true love
[B] Put out [D] in a contender
[C] Are you there?
Say a [Bm] prayer for the [Em] pretender
[C] Started out so young and strong
only to [G] surrender
[C] [G]
[A] [C] Say a prayer for [G] the pretender
[C]
Are you there?
for [G] the pretender
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
Key:
G
C
D
Em
B
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Jackson Brown co-wrote the Eagles take it easy and the Jackson 5 covered his doctor my eyes
This is the title of a 1976 million-selling album.
This song was written in
Los Angeles and in a tacky hotel room in Hawaii
and [G] _ _
[Bm] in a storefront that I'd rented to write in and
North [G] Hollywood and actually [Am] it was almost finished before I [G] discovered this sort of theme this _ _
_ _ [C] _ and the whole song sort of opened up and became
[G]
became about twice as long and
someone asked me what you know who the pretender is and I it's it's um
_ it's always been my pleasure to sort of avoid answering that [C] question, but
_ _ [G] _ Because it's not me exactly although [D] sometimes people
_ [C] _ applaud for me at that moment
And that's [F#] in the song as if I am but in [G#m] truth
You know there is some there is some of the pretender in me, but it's anybody that's sort of
lost
_ Side of some of their [C] dreams and is trying to make sort of going through the motions trying to make a stab at a certain
Way life these these other people [G] succeeding at so maybe it's a lot of people of a certain generation
Who sort of embraced a [E] very material lifestyle in [F] place of dreams that they had?
_ [C#] _
Sort of [G] disintegrated at [D] some point
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of [C] the freeway
Anyway gonna [G] pack my lunch in the morning and go to work
[C] each day
and when [G] the rolls [C] around
[G] I'll go on home and lay my [C] body down
[G] And when the morning light comes streaming [D] in I get up [C] and do it again
_ [G] Amen say it again
Amen I wanna know what became of the changes we [C] waited for love to bring
_ [G] Were they only the pitful dream of some [D] greater?
Awakening
[C] _
[G] I've been aware of the time [C] going by
They [G] say in the end.
It's the [C] wink of an eye
And [G] when the morning light [D] comes streaming I [C] get up and do it again
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Em] _ [B] Well _ [C] the sirens sing and the church bells ring [Em] and the junk man founds his vendor
_ [C] Oh
[G] Dream of the fire
[B] Fast asleep at the traffic [Em] light and [A] the children
[Am] We wait for [D] the ice cream vendor
_ Had [C] him to the cool of the evening
[D] strolls [Em] the pretender _ _ _
[C] He knows it all is hopes [D] and dreams
_ [G] Begin
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ They [G] run through the night
_ _ _ _ [C] Leaving nothing for the others but to [Em] choose off and fight
_ [Cm] _ And tear up [G] the world with [C] all their might
while [G] the ships
[Em] Bearing their dreams
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] I'm gonna find myself a girl
Who can show me what?
[C] _ _ _
[G] And
missing color in each [D] other's paint by [C] number three and
[G] We'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until [C] I strength is gone and [G] when the morning light
[D] Comes screaming in get up [C] and do it again
_ [G] _
[C] Get it up again
_ [G] _ I'm gonna [D] be a happy
idiot [Dm] and struggle for the [G] legal tender
_ _ [B] _
[C] Where the edge take a
leather claim [Em] to
the soul of the spender
[C] and believe in whatever
[G] Man, I [B] in those things that money [Em] can buy
_ [A] the true love
[B] Put out [D] in a contender _ _ _
[C] Are you there?
Say a [Bm] prayer for the [Em] pretender
_ _ _ [C] Started out so young and strong
only to [G] surrender
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ Say a prayer for [G] the pretender
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Are you there?
for [G] the pretender _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
Jackson Brown co-wrote the Eagles take it easy and the Jackson 5 covered his doctor my eyes
This is the title of a 1976 million-selling album.
This song was written in
Los Angeles and in a tacky hotel room in Hawaii
and [G] _ _
[Bm] in a storefront that I'd rented to write in and
North [G] Hollywood and actually [Am] it was almost finished before I [G] discovered this sort of theme this _ _
_ _ [C] _ and the whole song sort of opened up and became
[G]
became about twice as long and
someone asked me what you know who the pretender is and I it's it's um
_ it's always been my pleasure to sort of avoid answering that [C] question, but
_ _ [G] _ Because it's not me exactly although [D] sometimes people
_ [C] _ applaud for me at that moment
And that's [F#] in the song as if I am but in [G#m] truth
You know there is some there is some of the pretender in me, but it's anybody that's sort of
lost
_ Side of some of their [C] dreams and is trying to make sort of going through the motions trying to make a stab at a certain
Way life these these other people [G] succeeding at so maybe it's a lot of people of a certain generation
Who sort of embraced a [E] very material lifestyle in [F] place of dreams that they had?
_ [C#] _
Sort of [G] disintegrated at [D] some point
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of [C] the freeway
Anyway gonna [G] pack my lunch in the morning and go to work
[C] each day
and when [G] the rolls [C] around
[G] I'll go on home and lay my [C] body down
[G] And when the morning light comes streaming [D] in I get up [C] and do it again
_ [G] Amen say it again
Amen I wanna know what became of the changes we [C] waited for love to bring
_ [G] Were they only the pitful dream of some [D] greater?
Awakening
[C] _
[G] I've been aware of the time [C] going by
They [G] say in the end.
It's the [C] wink of an eye
And [G] when the morning light [D] comes streaming I [C] get up and do it again
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Em] _ [B] Well _ [C] the sirens sing and the church bells ring [Em] and the junk man founds his vendor
_ [C] Oh
[G] Dream of the fire
[B] Fast asleep at the traffic [Em] light and [A] the children
[Am] We wait for [D] the ice cream vendor
_ Had [C] him to the cool of the evening
[D] strolls [Em] the pretender _ _ _
[C] He knows it all is hopes [D] and dreams
_ [G] Begin
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ They [G] run through the night
_ _ _ _ [C] Leaving nothing for the others but to [Em] choose off and fight
_ [Cm] _ And tear up [G] the world with [C] all their might
while [G] the ships
[Em] Bearing their dreams
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] I'm gonna find myself a girl
Who can show me what?
[C] _ _ _
[G] And
missing color in each [D] other's paint by [C] number three and
[G] We'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until [C] I strength is gone and [G] when the morning light
[D] Comes screaming in get up [C] and do it again
_ [G] _
[C] Get it up again
_ [G] _ I'm gonna [D] be a happy
idiot [Dm] and struggle for the [G] legal tender
_ _ [B] _
[C] Where the edge take a
leather claim [Em] to
the soul of the spender
[C] and believe in whatever
[G] Man, I [B] in those things that money [Em] can buy
_ [A] the true love
[B] Put out [D] in a contender _ _ _
[C] Are you there?
Say a [Bm] prayer for the [Em] pretender
_ _ _ [C] Started out so young and strong
only to [G] surrender
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ Say a prayer for [G] the pretender
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Are you there?
for [G] the pretender _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _