Jackson Browne - The pretender

I'm gonna ^Frent myself a house in the shade of the ^Ffreeway Gonna ^Fpack my lunch in the morning, and go to ^Gwork each ^Fday And when the ^Fevening rolls a^Fround, I'll go on ^Fhome and lay my body ^Fdown And when the ^Fmorning light comes streaming ^Gin I'll get up and do it a^Fgai^Fn ^DmAme^Fn Say it a^Fgai^Fn A^Dmmen ^F

^FI want to know what became of the changes, We waited for ^Flove to bring ^FWere they only the fitful dreams Of some greater ^Gawakenin^Fg I've been a^Fware of the time going ^Fby They say in the ^Fend it's the wink of an ^Feye And when the ^Fmorning light comes streaming ^Gin I'll get up and do it a^Fgai^Fn ^DmAme^Fn Say it a^Fgai^Fn A^Dmmen ^F

^FCaught between the ^Glonging for love And the ^Fstruggle for the ^Amlegal ^E7tender Where the ^Fsirens sing and the church bells ring And the ^Amjunkman pounds his ^Ffender Where the ^Fveterans dream of the ^Ffight, Fast a^E7sleep at the traffic ^Amlight And the ^D7children solemnly wait for the ^Fice cream ^Gvendor

^AmOut into the ^Gcool of the evening, ^Fstrolls the pre^Amtender^G He knows that ^Fall his hopes an ^Gdreams Begin and ^Fend there

^FAh the lovers as they run through the ^Fnight Leaving ^Fnothing but to choose off and ^Amfight And ^Gtear at the ^Fworld with all their ^Fmight While the ^Fships bearing their ^Amdreams ^FSail out of ^Gsight

^GI'm gonna ^Ffind myself a girl, Who can show me what ^Flaughter means Then we'll ^Ffill in the missing colors in each others Paint by ^Gnumber ^Fdreams And then we'll ^Fput our dark glasses ^Fon And we'll make ^Flove until our strength is ^Fgone And when the ^Fmorning light comes streaming ^Gin we'll get up and do it a^Fgai^Fn ^DmAme^Fn get it up a^Fgai^Fn A^Dmmen ^F

^FI'm gonna be a ^Ghappy idiot, and ^Fstruggle for the ^Amlegal ^E7tender Where the ^Fads take aim, and lay their claim To the ^Amheart and the soul of the ^Fspender And ^Fbelieve in whatever may ^Flie In those ^E7things that money can ^Ambuy Though ^D7true love could have been a con^Gtender

^AmAre you ^Gthere, say a ^Fprayer^G for the pre^Amtender Who ^Fstarted out so young and ^Gstrong only to su^Frrender

^FSay a prayer for the pre^Ftender^{Fsus4 F}Are you there for the pre^Ftender^{Fsus4 F}Are you prepared for the pre^Ftender^{Fsus4 F}Are you there for the pre^Ftender^Fsus4