The Pretender
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>From: ejn521@aol.com (Ejn521) >Subject: TAB:The Pretender-Jackson Browne >Date: 1 Nov 1996 00:50:25 -0500
The Pretender by Jackson Browne
Chords Used:
G C/G C D G/B Am7 Em B7 A9 A9/G E -3----0-----0----2----3-------0------0-----2-----3------3-----------| B -0----1-----1----3----3-------1------0-----4-----2------2-----------| G -0----0-----0----2----0-------0------0-----2-----4------4-----------| D -0----2-----2----0----0-------2------2-----4-----2------2-----------| A -x----3-----3---------2-------0------2------2-----0------0----------| E -3----3-------------------------------------------------------3-----|
D/F# G/D D/C D#o7 E ---x---------3-------2--------2--------------------------| B ---3---------3-------3--------1--------------------------| G ---2---------0-------2--------2--------------------------| D ---x---------x-------x--------1--------------------------| A ---x---------5-------3-----------------------------------| E ----2----------------------------------------------------|
Intro Part 1:
E -7---------7--------7h8---------------8-----------8----------8-------| B -8--8--------8------------7s8--10----8---8----------8----------------| G -7------7--------7----------------------9------9----------9----------| D -0---------0--------0------------------10---------10--------10-------| A ---------------------------------------------------------------------| E ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------8----------|-------------------------------| B -8---------8------|--------------------------------| G ----9----------9--|---REPEAT-----------------------| D -------10---------|--------------------------------| A -------------------|-------------------------------| E --------------------|------------------------------|
Intro Part 2:
E -3--------------------------|---------------------| B -3--0--1--0------0-------|------------------------| G -0--0--0--0---2--0--0--|-REPEAT-------------------| D -----0--2--0---2--0--2--|-------------------------| A -----------------3------3--|----------------------| E -3----------------------3--|----------------------|
Verse 1:
G C/G I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway,
G D
C Gonna pack my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
G C And when the evening rolls around,
G C I'll go on home and lay my body down
G D
And when the morning light comes streaming in
C G/B Am7 G I'll get up and do it again Amen
C G/B Am7 G Say it again Amen
D -----------0-------------------------| A --2---3------------------------------|
Verse 2
G I want to know what became of the changes,
C/G We waited for love to bring
G Were they only the fitful dreams
D C Of some greater awakening
G C I've been aware of the time going by
G C They say in the end it's the blink of an eye
G D And when the morning light comes streaming in
C G/B Am7 G You'll get up and do it again Amen
D Caught between the longing for love
C Em B7
And the struggle for the legal tender
C/G Where the sirens sing and the churchbells ring
Em And the junkman pounds his fender
C G Where the veterans dream of the fight,
B7 Em Fast asleep at the traffic light
A9 A9/G D/F# And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor Em D C D Em
Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
C D He knows that all his hopes an dreams
G Begin and end there
E -----------------------------------3---------------| B --------3--5----------------------0----------------| G --2s4---------4--2-0-2-0-----0---------------------| D -------------------------------2-------------------| A ---------------------------------------------------| E -----------------------------------3---------------|
C G Ah the lovers as they run through the night C Em Leaving nothing but to choose off and fight D#O7 G/D C And tear at the world with all their might
G/D Em While the ships bearing their dreams
G/D D Sail out of sight
Verse 3
G I'm gonna find myself a girl,
C/G Who can show me what laughter means
G D Then we'll fill in the missing colors in each others
C Paint by number dreams
G C And then we'll put our dark glasses on
G C And we'll make love until our strength is gone
G D And when the morning light comes streaming in
C G/B Am7 G We'll get up and do it again
C G/B Am7 G Get it up again
G D D/C Em I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender B7 C/G
Where the ads take aim, and lay their claim
Em To the heart and the soul of the spender
C G And believe in whatever may lie
B7 Em In those things that money can buy
A9 A9/G D/F# Though true love could have been a contender Em D C D Em
Are you there, say a prayer for the pretender
C D G
Who started out so young and strong only to surrender
Over Intro Part 2:
G C Say a prayer for the pretender G C Are you there for the pretender G C Are you prepared for the pretender etc.
