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#>From: ejn521@aol.com (Ejn521)
#>Subject: TAB:The Pretender-Jackson Browne
#>Date: 1 Nov 1996 00:50:25 -0500
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#The Pretender
#by Jackson Browne
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#Chords Used:
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[G][C/G][C] [D][G/B] [Am7][Em][B7] [A9][A9/G]
D/F#G/D D/CD#o7
Intro Part 1:
Intro Part 2:
Verse 1:
I'm gonna rent mysel[G]f a house in the shade of the freeway,[C/G]
Gonna pac[C]k my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
And when the evening [G]rolls around, [C]
I'll go on ho[G]me and lay my body down [C]
And when the morning[G] light comes streaming in [D]
I'll get up and do it again[C] [G/B] Amen[Am7] [G]
Say it again [C] [G/B][Am7] Amen[G]
Verse 2
I want to know wha[G]t became of the changes,
We waited for love to[C/G] bring
Were they only t[G]he fitful dreams
Of some greaterawakening[D][C]
I've been awar[G]e of the time going by [C]
They say in the end it'[G]s the wink of an eye[C]
And when the morning[G] light comes streaming in[D]
You'll get up and do it again [C]A[G/B]men[Am7] [G]
Caught between the longing fo[D]r love
[C] [Em][B7]
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens[C/G] sing and the churchbells ring
And the junk[Em]man pounds his fender
Where the veter[C]ans dream of the fight,[G]
Fast asle[B7]ep at the traffic light[Em]
And the child[A9]ren solemnly wait for th[A9/G]e ice cream vendor [D/F#]
[Em] Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
He knows that all his[C] hopes and dreams [D]
Begin and end th[G]ere
[C]Ah laughter of the lovers as they run through the night[G]
[C]Leaving nothing for the others but to choose off and fight[Em]
D#O7G/D C
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships[G/D] bearing their dreams[Em]
Sail out of si[G/D]ght [D]
Verse 3
I'm gonna find[G] myself a girl,
Who can show me what laughter means [C/G]
Then we'll fill[G] in the missing colors in each others [D]
Paint by number dreams [C]
And then we'll put ou[G]r dark glasses on[C]
And we'll make love un[G]til our strength is gone[C]
And when the morning[G] light comes streaming in [D]
We'll get up and do it again[C] [G/B] [Am7] [G]
Get it up again[C] [G/B] [Am7] [G]
[Em]I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
[B7]Where the ads [C/G]take aim, and lay their claim
To the hea[Em]rt and the soul of the spender
And believ[C]e in whatever may lie [G]
In those thing[B7]s that money can buy[Em]
Though true lov[A9]e could[A9/G] have been a contender[D/F#]
[Em][D] Are you [C]there, say a pra[D]yer for the pretender [Em]
[C] [D][G]
Who started out so young and strong only to surrender
Over Intro Part 2:
[G]Say a prayer for the pretender [C]
[G]Are you there for the pretender[C]
[G]Are you prepared for the pretender etc. [C]
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#>From: ejn521@aol.com (Ejn521)
#>Subject: TAB:The Pretender-Jackson Browne
#>Date: 1 Nov 1996 00:50:25 -0500
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#The Pretender
#by Jackson Browne
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#Chords Used:
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[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/CD#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:
I'm gonna rent mysel[G]f a house in the shade of the freeway,[C/G]
Gonna pac[C]k my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
And when the evening [G]rolls around, [C]
I'll go on ho[G]me and lay my body down [C]
And when the morning[G] light comes streaming in [D]
I'll get up and do it again[C] [G/B] Amen[Am7] [G]
Say it again [C] [G/B][Am7] Amen[G]
D-----------0-------------------------|
A--2---3------------------------------|
Verse 2
I want to know wha[G]t became of the changes,
We waited for love to[C/G] bring
Were they only t[G]he fitful dreams
Of some greaterawakening[D][C]
I've been awar[G]e of the time going by [C]
They say in the end it'[G]s the wink of an eye[C]
And when the morning[G] light comes streaming in[D]
You'll get up and do it again [C]A[G/B]men[Am7] [G]
Caught between the longing fo[D]r love
[C] [Em][B7]
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens[C/G] sing and the churchbells ring
And the junk[Em]man pounds his fender
Where the veter[C]ans dream of the fight,[G]
Fast asle[B7]ep at the traffic light[Em]
And the child[A9]ren solemnly wait for th[A9/G]e ice cream vendor [D/F#]
[Em] Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
He knows that all his[C] hopes and dreams [D]
Begin and end th[G]ere
E-----------------------------------3---------------|
B--------3--5----------------------0----------------|
G--2s4---------4--2-0-2-0-----0---------------------|
D-------------------------------2-------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------3---------------|
[C]Ah laughter of the lovers as they run through the night[G]
[C]Leaving nothing for the others but to choose off and fight[Em]
D#O7G/D C
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships[G/D] bearing their dreams[Em]
Sail out of si[G/D]ght [D]
Verse 3
I'm gonna find[G] myself a girl,
Who can show me what laughter means [C/G]
Then we'll fill[G] in the missing colors in each others [D]
Paint by number dreams [C]
And then we'll put ou[G]r dark glasses on[C]
And we'll make love un[G]til our strength is gone[C]
And when the morning[G] light comes streaming in [D]
We'll get up and do it again[C] [G/B] [Am7] [G]
Get it up again[C] [G/B] [Am7] [G]
[Em]I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
[B7]Where the ads [C/G]take aim, and lay their claim
To the hea[Em]rt and the soul of the spender
And believ[C]e in whatever may lie [G]
In those thing[B7]s that money can buy[Em]
Though true lov[A9]e could[A9/G] have been a contender[D/F#]
[Em][D] Are you [C]there, say a pra[D]yer for the pretender [Em]
[C] [D][G]
Who started out so young and strong only to surrender
Over Intro Part 2:
[G]Say a prayer for the pretender [C]
[G]Are you there for the pretender[C]
[G]Are you prepared for the pretender etc. [C]
