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
