Browne Jackson - The Pretender, аккорды

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>From: [email protected] (Ejn521)
>Subject: TAB:The Pretender-Jackson Browne
>Date: 1 Nov 1996 00:50:25 -0500


The Pretender
by Jackson Browne

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.