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>From: [email protected] (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.
