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:
G C/GI'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway,
G DCGonna pack my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
G CAnd when the evening rolls around,
I'll go on home and lay my body down
G DAnd when the morning light comes streaming in
C G/B Am7 GI'll get up and do it again Amen
Say it again Amen
D -----------0-------------------------|
A --2---3------------------------------|
Verse 2
G
I want to know what became of the changes,
C/GWe waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitf
D COf some greater awakening
G CI've been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it's the blink of an eye
G DAnd when the morning light comes streaming in
C G/B Am7 GYou'll get up and do it again Amen
Caught between the longing for love
C Em B7
And the struggle for the legal tender
C/GWhere the sirens sing and the churchbells ring
EmAnd the junkman pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight,
B7 EmFast asleep at the traffic light
A9 A9/G D/F#And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
He knows that all his hopes an dreams
GBegin and end there
E -----------------------------------3---------------|
B --------3--5----------------------0----------------|
G --2s4---------4--2-0-2-0-----0---------------------|
D -------------------------------2-------------------|
A ---------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------3---------------|
Ah the lovers as they run through the night
C EmLeaving nothing but to choose off and fight
D#O7 G/D C
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
G/D DSail out of sight
Verse 3
I'm gonna find myself a girl,
C/GWho can show me what laughter means
G DThen we'll fill in the missing colors in each others
Paint by number dreams
G CAnd then we'll put our dark glasses on
G CAnd we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
C G/B Am7 GWe'll get up and do it again
C G/B Am7 GGet it up again
I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim, and lay their claim
EmTo the heart and the soul of the spender
C GAnd believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
A9 A9/G D/F#Though true love could have been a contender
Em D C D EmAre you there, say a prayer for the pretender
Who started out so young and strong only to surrender
Over Intro Part 2:
Say a prayer for the pretender
G CAre you there for the pretender
G CAre you prepared for the pretender etc.
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