The Pretender

[Chords Used]
   G    C/G   C    D    G/B      
E|-3----0-----0----2----3-------0-
B|-0----1-----1----3----3-------1-
G|-0----0-----0----2----0-------0-
D|-0----2-----2----0----0-------2-
A|-x----3-----3---------2-------0-
E|-3----3-------------------------
  Am7   Em    B7   A9    A9/G
E|-----0-----2-----3------3-----| 
B|-----0-----4-----2------2-----| 
G|-----0-----2-----4------4-----| 
D|-----2-----4-----2------2-----| 
A|-----2------2----0------0-----| 
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     D/F#      G/D     D/C      D#7
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--------
B|-8--8--------8------------7s8--
G|-7------7--------7-------------
D|-0---------0--------0----------
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

E|-------8-----------8----------8-------| 
B|10----8---8----------8----------------| 
G|---------9------9----------9----------| 
D|--------10---------10--------10-------| 
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G|----9----------9--|---| D PEAT--
D|-------10---------|-------------
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E|------------------|-------------


[Intro Part 2]
E|-3---------------------|-----
B|-3--0--1--0------0-----|-----
G|-0--0--0--0---2--0--0--|-| D 
D|----0--2--0---2--0--2--|-----
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[Verse 1]
                    G              
I'm gonna rent myself a house in 
the shade of the freeway,
C/G

              G                    
                                 D
         C
Gonna pack my lunch in the morning, 
and go to work each day
                     G             
And when the evening rolls around,
          C

             G                     
I'll go on home and lay my body 
          C
down
                    G           
And when the morning light comes 
                                D
streaming in
                               C  
I'll get up and do it again       
G/B    Am7  G
   Amen
               C  G/B       Am7  G
Say it again                 Amen
E|-------------------------| 
B|-------------------------| 
G|-------------------------| 
D|-----------0-------------| 
A|--2---3------------------| 
E|-------------------------| 

[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      
Of some greater  awakening
 C

              G                    
I've been aware of the time going 
          C
by
                       G           
They say in the end it's the blink 
                   C
of an eye
                    G           
And when the morning light comes 
                                 D
streaming in
Continúa después del anuncio
You'll get up and do it again       
C  G/B  Am7  G
  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               
Where the veterans dream of the 
               G
fight,
         B7                       Em
Fast asleep at the traffic light
             A9                    
And the children solemnly wait for 
  A9/G                       D/F#
the ice cream vendor
Em   D                   C      
                    D
Em
           Out into the cool of the 
evening, strolls the pretender
                     C        
He knows that all his hopes an 
                    D
dreams
                G
Begin and end there
E|-------------------------------
B|--------3--5-------------------
G|--2s4---------4--2-0-2-0-----0-
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

E|----3---------------| 
B|---0----------------| 
G|--------------------| 
D|2-------------------| 
A|--------------------| 
E|----3---------------| 

C                                 
Ah the lovers as they run through 
                   G
the night
C                                 
Leaving nothing but to choose off 
                   Em
and fight
D#O7              G/D               
      C
And tear at the world with all their
 might
               G/D                 
While the ships bearing their 
     Em
dreams
              G/D     D
Sail out of sight

[Verse 3]
              G
I'm gonna find myself a girl,
Who can show me what laughter means
C/G

               G              
Then we'll fill in the missing 
                                   D
colors in each others
                         C
Paint by number dreams
                     G             
And then we'll put our dark glasses
               C
 on
                      G      
And we'll make love until our 
                           C
strength is gone
                    G           
And when the morning light comes 
                                D
streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
C  G/B  Am7  G

                 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                        
And believe in whatever may lie
     G

              B7                   
In those things that money can buy
         Em

               A9     A9/G        
Though true love could have been a
                  D/F#
 contender
Em  D              C        
           Are you there, say a 
       D                           
prayer for the pretender
Em

                   C               

         D                         

   G

Who started out so young and strong 
only to surrender

[Over Intro Part 2]
G                                 
Say a prayer for the pretender
     C

G                                 
Are you there for the pretender
     C

G                                 
Are you prepared for the pretender
          C
 etc.