The Pretender - Jackson Browne (Solo Acoustic Vol 1) Chords

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the [B] _ freeway _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] Gonna pack my lunch in the morning _ and go [C#] to _ work each [B] day
_ _ [C#] When the [F#] evening _ rolls around [B] _ _ _ I'll go [F#] on home and lay my body [B] down _ _
And when the morning [F#] light comes [C#] streaming _ I'll get up and do [B] it again, _
_ _ [F#] amen
_ Say it [B] again, _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] amen
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I [C#] _ wanna [F#] know what became of the changes we waited for _
[B] _ love to bring
_ _ Were they [F#] only the fitful dreams of some greater _ _ [C#] awakening?
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ I've been [F#] aware of the time going [B] by, _ they say in [F#] the end it's the wink of an eye
[B] _ When the [F#] morning light comes streaming [C#] I'll get up and do [B] it again, _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] yeah _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ Caught between the [C#] longing for love and the [B] struggle for the legal tenure
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_ _ _ _ [A#m] Where the [B] sirens sing and the church bells ring and the [D#m] junkman pounds his fender _
_ [C#] Where [B] the veterans _ dream of [F#] the fires fast asleep [A#]
at the traffic _ [D#] light _
And [G#] the children's _ summary wait for the ice [C#] cream vendor _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [C#] Out into the [B] cool of the evening _ [C#] _
strolls the pretender
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_ _ [A#m] _ He knows [B] it all is hopes and dreams, [C#] _ _ _
beginning [F#] and end _ _ _ _ _
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[B] How the laughter of the lovers as they run through [F#] the night _ _ _ _
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Leaving nothing for the others but to choose [D#m] often fight
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And tear [F#] at the world with all their [B] might
_ While the [A#m] ships _ bearing [D#m] their dreams set out [C#] aside _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm gonna [F#] find myself a girl _ who can show me [B] what laughter means
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_ And we'll fill in the missing colors _ in each _ [C#] other's paint-by-number [B] dreams
_ And [F#] then we'll put our dark glasses on _ and we'll make love until our [B] strength is gone
And when the [F#] morning light comes [C#] streaming in we'll get up and do it [B] again, _ [C#] get _
[F#] _ _ it up again
[B] _
I'm _ _ [F#] _ _ gonna be a happy [C#] idiot and struggle [B] for the legal [A#] tenure _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Where [B] the ads take aim and play the claim to [D#m] the heart and the soul of the spender
_ _ And [B] believe in whatever made [F#] the light in those [A#] _ things that money can buy
[D#m] _ _
_ [G#] Though true _ _ _ [F#] love could have been a contender
[Fm] _
_ Are _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[B] you there?
_ _ Say a [C#] prayer _ for the [D#m] pretender _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#m] Who started [B] out so young and strong [C#] _ only to surrender
[F#] _ _ Say _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ a prayer _ for the [B] pretender _ _ _ _ _
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Are you there for the [B] pretender? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ Say a prayer for [B] the pretender
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_ _ _ _ _ Say [F#] it!
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ Say a prayer _ [G#m] for the [F#] pretender _ _
Thank _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] you, _ [F#] _ _ [G#] thank you so much
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