The Pretender Chords

G   C  x2
 
          G                                       C
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 mornin’ light comes streamin’ in
                       C   G/B   D/A   G
I'll get up and do it again,      A - men
              C   G/B  D/A   G
Say it again,      A - men
 
          G                                              C
I want to know what became of the changes, we waited for love to bring
          G                                       D      C
Were they only the fitful dreams 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
And when the mornin’ light comes streamin’ in
                       C   G/B   D/A   G    C   G/B   D/A   G
I'll get up and do it again,      A - men
 
                    D                        C                         Em/B    B7
Caught… between the longing for love and the struggle for the legal tender
          C                                             Em
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring and the junkman pounds his fender
          C                     G               B7                     Em
Where the veterans dream of the fight, fast asleep at the traffic light
        A                 A7                     D     Em - D
And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor
             C                   D                    Em
Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
              C                       D           G         [1-BAR RIFF]    G
He knows that all his hopes and dreams, begin and end there
 
C                                            G
   Ah the lovers as they run through the night
C                                        Em      D7/D#
   Leaving nothing but to choose off and fight
                G/D                        C
And tear at the world with all their might
            G/B               Em                 D
While the ships bearing their dreams sail out of sight
 
          G                                       C
I'm gonna find myself a girl who can show me what laughter means
          G                                         D                C
And we'll fill in the missing colors in each others’ 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 mornin’ light comes streamin’ in
                        C   G/B   D/A   G                  C   G/B   D/A   G
We'll get up and do it again,              Get it up again
 
               D                C                           Em/B    B7
I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
          C
Where the ads take aim, and lay their claim
       Em
To the heart and the soul of the spender
      C                     G             B7                    Em
And believe in whatever may lie, in those things that money can buy
            A    A7                      D     Em - D
Though true love could have been a contender
        C            D                      Em
Are you there, say a prayer for the pretender
            C                       D                G    [1-BAR RIFF]
Who started out so young and strong, only to surrender
 
G                             C
   Say a prayer for the pretender
G                             C
   Are you there for the pretender
G                             C
   Say a prayer for the pretender
G                             C
   Are you there for the pretender
G                             C
   Are you prepared for the pretender 
 
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