Jackson Browne – The Pretender (Guitar Intro)
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Chords
[Intro]
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G Am7 G D G Em7
G Am7 G D G Em7
[Verse]
G I'm going to rent myself a house Em7 C D In the shade of the freeway G I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning D C D 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 I'll get up and do it again Am7 G Amen C G Say it again Am7 G Amen
[Verse]
G I want to know what became of the changes Em7 C D 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 wink of an eye G D And when the morning light comes streaming in C G You'll get up and do it again Am7 G C G Am7 G Amen
[Pre-chorus]
D Caught between the longing for love C Em B7 And the struggle for the legal tender C Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring Em And the junk man pounds his fender C G Where the veterans dream of the fight B7 Em Fast asleep at the traffic light A A7 And the children solemnly wait D G D For the ice cream vendor
[Chorus]
C D Out into the cool of the evening Em Strolls the Pretender C D He knows that all his hopes and dreams G D G Begin and end there Em Ah the laughter of the lovers G D G As they run through the night Em Leaving nothing for the others D7 But to choose off and fight G C And tear at the world with all their might G Em While the ships bearing their dreams C Em Am7 D Sail out of sight
[Verse]
G I'm going to find myself a girl Em7 Who can show me what laughter means G And we'll fill in the missing colors D C In each other's paint-by-number dreams G C And then we'll put out 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 Am7 G We'll get up and do it again C G Am7 G Get it up again
[Pre-chorus]
D I'm gonna be a happy idiot C Em B7 And struggle for the legal tender C 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 A D G D Thought true love could have been a contender
[Chorus]
C Are you there? D Em Say a prayer for the Pretender C D Who started out so young and strong G Only to surrender Am7 G D G C Say a prayer for the pretender G Am7 G D G C Are you there for the pretender G Am7 G D G C Say a prayer for the pretender
The song often ends on some variation of a progression with stepwise base movement such as:
G Am7 G D G C/E D/F# G Am7 G/B C G