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 aro^Cund I'll go on ^Ghome and lay my body ^Cdown And when the ^Gmornin’ light comes streamin^D’ in I'll get up and do it a^Cgain^G/B, ^D/A A - m^Gen Say it again, ^{C G/B} A - ^D/Amen ^G

I want to ^Gknow what became of the changes, we waited for ^Clove to bring Were they ^Gonly the fitful dreams of some greater a^Dwakenin^Cg I've been a^Gware of the time going ^Cby They say in the ^Gend it's the wink of an eye ^C And when the ^Gmornin’ light comes streamin^D’ in I'll get up and do it a^Cgain^G/B, ^D/A A - m^Gen ^{C G/B D/A G}

Caught… between th^De longing for love and th^Ce struggle for the legal t^Em/Bender ^B7 Where the ^Csirens sing and the church bells ring and the ^Emjunkman pounds his fender Where the ^Cveterans dream of the ^Gfight, fast asle^B7ep at the traffic light^Em A A7 D Em - D And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor Out into the ^Ccool of the evening,^D strolls the pretende^Emr C D G [1-BAR RIFF] G He knows that all his hopes and dreams, begin and end there

^C Ah the lovers as they run through the nigh^Gt ^C Leaving nothing but to choose off and ^Emfight ^D7/D# And tear at the ^G/Dworld with all their might ^C While the sh^G/Bips bearing their ^Emdreams sail out of ^Dsight

I'm gonna ^Gfind myself a girl who can show me what ^Claughter means And we'll ^Gfill in the missing colors in each others?^D?? paint-by-numbe^Cr dreams And then we'll ^Gput our dark glasses ^Con And we'll mak^Ge love until our stre^Cngth is gone And when the ^Gmornin’ light comes streamin^D’ in We'll get up and do it a^Cgain^G/B, ^{D/A G} Get it up again ^{C G/B D/A G}

I'm gonna be a ^Dhappy idiot, and ^Cstruggle for the legal tende^Em/Br ^B7 Where the ^Cads take aim, and lay their claim To the ^Emheart and the soul of the spender And be^Clieve in whatever may ^Glie, in those ^B7things that money can ^Embuy A A7 D Em - D Though true love could have been a contender Are you ^Cthere, say a ^Dprayer for the pretende^Emr C D G [1-BAR RIFF] Who started out so young and strong, only to surrender

^G Say a prayer for the preten^Cder ^G Are you there for the prete^Cnder ^G Say a prayer for the preten^Cder ^G Are you there for the prete^Cnder ^G Are you prepared for the pr^Cetender