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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:
I'm gonna rent myselGf a house in the shade of the freeway, C/G
G D
Gonna pacCk my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
And when the evening Grolls around, C
I'll go on hoGme and lay my body down C
And when the morningG light comes streaming in D
I'll get up and do it again C G/B AmenAm7 G
Say it again C G/B Am7 AmenG
D -----------0-------------------------|
A --2---3------------------------------|
Verse 2
I want to know whaGt became of the changes,
We waited for love toC/G bring
Were they only tGhe fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening D C
I've been awarGe of the time going by C
They say in the end it'Gs the blink of an eye C
And when the morningG light comes streaming in D
You'll get up and do it again C AG/Bmen Am7 G
Caught between the longing foDr love
C Em B7
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirensC/G sing and the churchbells ring
And the junkEmman pounds his fender
Where the veterCans dream of the fight, G
Fast asleB7ep at the traffic light Em
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
He knows that all hisC hopes an dreams D
Begin and end thGere
E -----------------------------------3---------------|
B --------3--5----------------------0----------------|
G --2s4---------4--2-0-2-0-----0---------------------|
D -------------------------------2-------------------|
A ---------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------3---------------|
CAh the lovers as they run through the night G
CLeaving nothing but to choose off and fight Em
D#O7 G/D C
And tear at the world with all their might
While the shipsG/D bearing their dreams Em
Sail out of siG/Dght D
Verse 3
I'm gonna findG myself a girl,
Who can show me what laughter means C/G
Then we'll fillG in the missing colors in each others D
Paint by number dreams C
And then we'll put ouGr dark glasses on C
And we'll make love unGtil our strength is gone C
And when the morningG 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
G D D/C
EmI'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
B7 Where the ads C/Gtake aim, and lay their claim
To the heaEmrt and the soul of the spender
And believCe in whatever may lie G
In those thingB7s that money can buy Em
A9 A9/G D/F#
Though true love could have been a contender
Em D Are you Cthere, say a praDyer for the pretender Em
C D G
Who started out so young and strong only to surrender
Over Intro Part 2:
GSay a prayer for the pretender C
GAre you there for the pretender C
GAre you prepared for the pretender etc. C