The Pretender Chords by Jackson Browne
- Key: G
- BPM: 103
- Capo: no capo
PULSO FUERTE
THE PRETENDER ACORDES
[Start] [Intro] G C G C ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G I'm going to rent myself a house C In the shade of the freeway G Gonna pack my lunch in the morning D C 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 Bm G I'll get up and do it again ■ Amen C Bm G Say it again ■ Amen ■ G I want to know what became of the changes C 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 wink of an eye G D When the morning light comes streaming in C G You'll get up and do it again ■ Amen C Bm G D Caught ■ ■ ■ between the longing for love Bm And the struggle for the legal tender [Chorus] B7 Bm7 G ■ ■ Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring Em And the junk man pounds his fender C G Where the veterans dream of the fight B7 Em Fast asleep at the traffic light A G And the children solemnly wait D For the ice cream vendor [Verse] C Out into the cool of the evening D Em Strolls the pretender C D He knows that all his hopes and dreams G Begin and end there [Chorus] C G ■ Ah the lovers as they run through the night C Em ■ Leaving nothing but to choose off and fight Dsus4 D7 C And tear at the world with all their might Bm Em While the ships bearing their dreams D Sail out of sight [Verse] G I'm gonna find myself a girl C Who can show me what laughter means G And we'll fill in the missing colors D C In each other's paintbynumber 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 Bm7 We'll get up and do it again ■ G C G ■ Get it up again ■ [Chorus] D I'm gonna be a happy idiot C Em B7 And struggle for the legal tender ■ 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 A A7 A G A D Gbm Em Where true love could have been a contender ■ ■ [Bridge] 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 [Chorus] C Say a prayer for the pretender G C ■ Are you there for the pretender G C ■ Say a prayer for the pretender [Outro] G C Cmaj7 C ■ Are you there for the pretender ■ ■ G C G C ■ Are you prepared for the pretender ■ ■