Jackson Browne - The pretender

I'm gonna ^Grent myself a house in the shade of the ^Cfreeway Gonna ^Gpack my lunch in the morning, and go to ^Dwork each ^Cday And when the ^Gevening rolls a^Cround, I'll go on ^Ghome and lay my body ^Cdown And when the ^Gmorning light comes streaming ^Din I'll get up and do it a^Cgai^Gn ^AmAme^Gn Say it a^Cgai^Gn A^Ammen ^G

^GI want to know what became of the changes, We waited for ^Clove to bring ^GWere they only the fitful dreams Of some greater ^Dawakenin^Cg I've been a^Gware of the time going ^Cby They say in the ^Gend it's the wink of an ^Ceye And when the ^Gmorning light comes streaming ^Din I'll get up and do it a^Cgai^Gn ^AmAme^Gn Say it a^Cgai^Gn A^Ammen ^G

^GCaught between the ^Dlonging for love And the ^Cstruggle for the ^Emlegal ^B7tender Where the ^Csirens sing and the church bells ring And the ^Emjunkman pounds his ^Cfender Where the ^Gveterans dream of the ^Cfight, Fast a^B7sleep at the traffic ^Emlight And the ^A7children solemnly wait for the ^Gice cream ^Dvendor

^EmOut into the ^Dcool of the evening, ^Cstrolls the pre^Emtender^D He knows that ^Call his hopes an ^Ddreams Begin and ^Gend there

^CAh the lovers as they run through the ^Gnight Leaving ^Cnothing but to choose off and ^Emfight And ^Dtear at the ^Gworld with all their ^Cmight While the ^Gships bearing their ^Emdreams ^GSail out of ^Dsight

^DI'm gonna ^Gfind myself a girl, Who can show me what ^Claughter means Then we'll ^Gfill in the missing colors in each others Paint by ^Dnumber ^Cdreams And then we'll ^Gput our dark glasses ^Con And we'll make ^Glove until our strength is ^Cgone And when the ^Gmorning light comes streaming ^Din we'll get up and do it a^Cgai^Gn ^AmAme^Gn get it up a^Cgai^Gn A^Ammen ^G

^GI'm gonna be a ^Dhappy idiot, and ^Cstruggle for the ^Emlegal ^B7tender Where the ^Cads take aim, and lay their claim To the ^Emheart and the soul of the ^Gspender And ^Cbelieve in whatever may ^Glie In those ^B7things that money can ^Embuy Though ^A7true love could have been a con^Dtender

^EmAre you ^Dthere, say a ^Cprayer^D for the pre^Emtender Who ^Cstarted out so young and ^Dstrong only to su^Grrender

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