{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1053986,"song":"The Pretender","artist":"Jackson Browne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11233318-the-pretender-chords-by-jackson-browne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1053986?type=chord","rating":4.62261,"votes":488,"content":"The Pretender chords\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] 2x\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGonna pack my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when the evening rolls around,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll go on home and lay my body down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when the morning light comes streaming in[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll get up and do it again Amen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSay it again Amen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI want to know what became of the changes,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe waited for love to bring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWere they only the fitful dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf some greater awakening[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been aware of the time going by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say in the end it's the wink of an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when the morning light comes streaming in[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll get up and do it again Amen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSay it again Amen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCaught between the longing for love[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd the struggle for the legal tender[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the sirens sing and the church bells ring[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the junkman pounds his fender[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the veterans dream of the fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFast asleep at the traffic light[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nOut into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe knows that all his hopes an dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBegin and end there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAh the lovers as they run through the night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLeaving nothing but to choose off and fight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd tear at the world with all their might[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhile the ships bearing their dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail out of sight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna find myself a girl,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho can show me what laughter means[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThen we'll fill in the missing colors in each others[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPaint by number dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then we'll put our dark glasses on[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll make love until our strength is gone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when the morning light comes streaming in[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe'll get up and do it again Amen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nget it up again Amen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the ads take aim, and lay their claim[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo the heart and the soul of the spender[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd believe in whatever may lie[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn those things that money can buy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThough true love could have been a contender[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAre you there, say a prayer for the pretender[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho started out so young and strong only to surrender[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nSay a prayer for the pretender[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nAre you there for the pretender[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nAre you prepared for the pretender [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nAre you there for the pretender[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Csus4 = C chord + high E 3rd fret)\r","plain_text":"The Pretender chords\n\n\nG C 2x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C G C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Csus4 = C chord + high E 3rd fret)","chords":["G","C","D","Am","Em","B7","A7","Csus4","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}