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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/GI'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway,
G D
CGonna pack my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
G CAnd when the evening rolls around,
G CI'll go on home and lay my body down
G DAnd when the morning light comes streaming in
C G/B Am7 GI'll get up and do it again Amen
C G/B Am7 GSay it again Amen
D -----------0-------------------------|
A --2---3------------------------------|
Verse 2
GI want to know what became of the changes,
C/GWe waited for love to bring
GWere they only the fitful dreams
D COf some greater awakening
G CI've been aware of the time going by
G CThey say in the end it's the blink of an eye
G DAnd when the morning light comes streaming in
C G/B Am7 GYou'll get up and do it again Amen
DCaught between the longing for love
C Em B7
And the struggle for the legal tender
C/GWhere the sirens sing and the churchbells ring
EmAnd the junkman pounds his fender
C GWhere the veterans dream of the fight,
B7 EmFast 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 DBe knows that all his hopes an dreams
GBegin and end there
E -----------------------------------3---------------|
B --------3--5----------------------0----------------|
G --2s4---------4--2-0-2-0-----0---------------------|
D -------------------------------2-------------------|
A ---------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------3---------------|
C GAh the lovers as they run through the night
C EmLeaving nothing but to choose off and fight
D#O7 G/D CAnd tear at the world with all their might
G/D EmWhile the ships bearing their dreams
G/D DSail out of sight
Verse 3
GI'm gonna find myself a girl,
C/GWho can show me what laughter means
G DThen we'll fill in the missing colors in each others
CPaint by number dreams
G CAnd then we'll put our dark glasses on
G CAnd we'll make love until our strength is gone
G DAnd when the morning light comes streaming in
C G/B Am7 GWe'll get up and do it again
C G/B Am7 GGet it up again
G D D/C
EmI'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
B7 C/G Where the ads take aim, and lay their claim
EmTo the heart and the soul of the spender
C GAnd believe in whatever may lie
B7 EmIn 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 CSay a prayer for the pretender
G CAre you there for the pretender
G CAre you prepared for the pretender etc.
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