Chords for Jackson Browne - The Pretender

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade [C] of the freeway. _ _ _ _
[G] Gonna pack my lunch in the morning and [D] go to work each [C] day. _
With [G] the evening rolling [C] around, _ _ [G] I'll go on home and lay my [C] body down.
[G] And when the morning light [D] comes streaming in, I'll get up [C] and do it [G] again.
_ [Am] [G] Amen, say it [C] again, [Bm] _ [Am] amen.
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I wanna know what became of the changes we waited [C] for _ love to bring. _
_ [G] Were they only the sinful dreams of some greater [D] _ awakening?
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_ _ [G] I've been aware of the time going [C]
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They [G] say in the end it's the wink of [C] an eye.
_ _ When [G] the morning light [C#] comes [D] streaming in, you'll get [A] up and do [C] it [G] _ [Am] again.
[G] Amen.
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[G] _ _ _ [D] Between the longing for love [C] and the struggle for the legal [Em] tender. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C] Well, the sirens sing and the drum bells ring [Em] and the drum and hound has been heard.
_ [C] Well, the veterans [G] dream of the fight, [B] fast asleep at the traffic [Em] light.
_ And [A] the children solemnly wait for the ice [D] cream vendor.
_ [Em] _ [D] _ Out into [C] the cool of the evening [D] _ _ strolls the [E] pretender. _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ He [C] knows that all his hopes and [D] dreams _ [G] begin and end _ there. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ While the laughter of the lovers is staring [D] through the [G] night.
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Leaving nothing for the others but to choose all [Em] that's right.
_ _ [A] _ _ And tear [G] out the world with all their [C] might.
_ While the [G] ships bury their [Em] dreams, say what [G] it's like.
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] I'm gonna find myself a girl who can show [C] me what laughter means.
_ _ _ And [G] we'll fill in the missing colors.
Then each [D]
other's paint by number [C] dreams.
_ And [G] we'll put our dark [C] glasses on.
And [G] we'll make love until [C] our strength is gone.
[G] When the morning light comes streaming [D] in, you'll get up [C] and do [G] it again.
_ [Am] _ [G] Get it [C] up again.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ I'm gonna [D] be a happy idiot and struggle for the [Em] legal tender.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C] Well, the air is shaking.
Are you labor-aflame?
[Em] To the heart and the soul of the spending.
And [C] believe in whatever [G] may lie.
And [B] most things that money [Em] can buy.
_ [A] Though true _ _ love could have [C#] been a [D]
contender.
_ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [C] Are you there?
_ [D] Say a prayer for [E] the pretender.
_ _ _ Who [C] started out so young [D] and strong only to [G] surrender.
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_ _ _ Say a prayer [C] for the pretender. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Are you there [C] for the pretender? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Say a prayer [C] for the pretender. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Are you there [C] for the pretender? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ You owe the credit.
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_ _ Major funding for this program is provided [C] by Public Television Stations.
Additional [G] support is provided by unrestricted general program grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation.
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