The Pretender

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