Chords for Jackson Browne - The Pretender

Tempo:
104.2 bpm
Chords used:

F#

B

C#

D#m

G#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jackson Browne - The Pretender chords
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[F#]
[B]
[F#]
I'm gonna wreck myself in the shade of the three
[B] Gonna
[F#] pack my lunch
[C#] [B] [F#]
[B]
[F#] [B]
[F#] [C#] [B]
[F#] [G#m] [F#] [B]
[F#] [G#m] [F#]
[B]
[F#]
[C#]
[B] [F#]
[B] [F#] I
[B] [F#]
[C#] [B] [D#m] [G#m]
[F#] [B] [G#m]
[F#] [C#]
[D#m] [A#]
[B]
know
[D#m]
[B] [F#]
[A#] traffic [D#m] light.
[G#] And the children's sunbeam
wave for the ice [C#] cream vendor
[Fm] [C#] Out [B] into the cool of the
east, [C#] strolls the [D#m] pretender
[F#] He [B] knows it
all is hopes and [C#] dreams
beginning [F#] and end
[C#]
[B] I want [F#] the lovers
as they recognize
[B] Breathing nothing but pictures
[D#m]
of the fight
[A#] [G#] While
[F#] [B] the [F#] ships
bearing [D#m] their dreams
sail [F#] on aside
[C#] [F#] I'm
gonna find myself a girl
who can show me
what [D#m] love can be
[F#] And we'll fill
in the missing color
in each [C#]
others
made by number [B] two
[F#] That's
what I thought last [B] song
And [F#] we'll make love
until our [B] strength is gone
And [F#] when morning light
comes [C#] streaming in
Get up [B] and
quit it [F#] all
[G#m] [F#] Get [B] it up [F#] again
[G#m] [F#] I'm gonna [C#] be a happy idiot, struggle
for the legal to [D#m] know
[A#] [A#m] [B]
[D#m]
[B]
[F#] [C#] [A#]
[D#m] [G#]
[C#] [Fm]
[C#] [B]
[F#] I
I I
[D#m] I I I I I I I I I I I
It [B] started out so open and [C#] strong, only to [F#] surrender.
[B]
[F#] [C#] [F#]
[B] I [D#m] am a bad boy [B] today.
[F#] I am a bad [B] [F#] boy.
[B]
[C#] Sing [F#] a bad [B] boy today.
[C#] I [F#] am a bad boy [B] today.
[F#] Sing a bad boy [B]
[F#]
[B] today.
Sing [F#]
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#]
[B] [F#] [B]
[C#] [F#] a bad
[B] [F#] boy [B]
today.
[F#]
[B] I am a bad [C#] boy [F#] [C#] [D#m] [C#] [F#]
[N] today.
Key:  
F#
134211112
B
12341112
C#
12341114
D#m
13421116
G#m
123111114
F#
134211112
B
12341112
C#
12341114
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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm gonna wreck myself _ in the shade of the three
_ _ [B] Gonna _
_ [F#] pack my lunch _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ I
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D#m] _ [G#m] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G#m] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [A#] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
know
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ traffic [D#m] light. _
_ [G#] And the children's sunbeam
wave for the ice [C#] cream vendor
[Fm] _ [C#] Out _ [B] into the cool of the
east, _ [C#] _ strolls the [D#m] _ pretender
[F#] He _ _ [B] knows it
all is hopes and [C#] dreams _ _
beginning [F#] and end _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[B] _ I want _ [F#] the lovers
as they recognize _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ Breathing nothing but pictures
[D#m]
of the fight
_ _ [A#] _ [G#] While _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ the [F#] ships
bearing [D#m] their dreams
sail [F#] on aside
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] I'm
gonna find myself a girl
_ who can show me
what [D#m] love can be
_ [F#] _ And we'll fill
in the missing color
in each [C#]
others
made by number _ [B] two
[F#] That's
what I thought last [B] song
_ And [F#] we'll make love
until our [B] strength is gone
And [F#] when morning light
comes [C#] streaming in
Get up [B] and
quit it [F#] all
[G#m] [F#] Get _ [B] it up [F#] again
_ [G#m] _ [F#] _ I'm gonna [C#] be a happy idiot, struggle
for the legal to [D#m] know _
_ [A#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ [A#] _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] I
I I
_ _ [D#m] I I I I I I I I I I I _
_ _ It [B] started out so open and [C#] strong, only to [F#] surrender.
_ _ [B] _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] I [D#m] am a bad boy [B] today. _ _
_ _ [F#] I am a bad _ [B] _ [F#] boy.
[B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] Sing [F#] a bad _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] boy today. _ _
_ _ [C#] I [F#] am a bad _ _ _ boy [B] today. _ _
_ _ [F#] Sing a bad _ _ _ _ boy [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ today. _
Sing _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] [F#] a _ bad _ _
[B] [F#] boy _ _ [B] _ _ _
today.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] I am a bad _ [C#] boy [F#] _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ today.

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