The Pretender Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

G C 2x

 I'm gonna Grent myself a house in the shade of the Cfreeway

 Gonna Gpack my lunch in the morning, and go to Dwork each Cday

 And when the Gevening rolls aCround,

 I'll go on Ghome and lay my body Cdown

 And when the Gmorning light comes streaming Din

 I'll get up and do it aCgaiGn AmAmeGn

 Say it aCgaiGn AAmmen G

GI want to know what became of the changes,

 We waited for Clove to bring

GWere they only the fitful dreams

 Of some greater DawakeninCg

 I've been aGware of the time going Cby

 They say in the Gend it's the wink of an Ceye

 And when the Gmorning light comes streaming Din

 I'll get up and do it aCgaiGn AmAmeGn

 Say it aCgaiGn AAmmen G

GCaught between the Dlonging for love

 And the Cstruggle for the Emlegal B7tender

 Where the Csirens sing and the church bells ring

 And the Emjunkman pounds his Cfender

 Where the Gveterans dream of the Cfight,

 Fast aB7sleep at the traffic Emlight

 And the A7children solemnly wait for the Gice cream Dvendor

EmOut into the Dcool of the evening, Cstrolls the preEmtenderD

 He knows that Call his hopes an Ddreams

 Begin and Gend there

G C G C

CAh the lovers as they run through the Gnight

 Leaving Cnothing but to choose off and Emfight

 And Dtear at the Gworld with all their Cmight

 While the Gships bearing their Emdreams

GSail out of Dsight

DI'm gonna Gfind myself a girl,

 Who can show me what Claughter means

 Then we'll Gfill in the missing colors in each others

 Paint by Dnumber Cdreams

 And then we'll Gput our dark glasses Con

 And we'll make Glove until our strength is Cgone

 And when the Gmorning light comes streaming Din

 we'll get up and do it aCgaiGn AmAmeGn

 get it up aCgaiGn AAmmen G

GI'm gonna be a Dhappy idiot, and Cstruggle for the Emlegal B7tender

 Where the Cads take aim, and lay their claim

 To the Emheart and the soul of the Gspender

 And Cbelieve in whatever may Glie

 In those B7things that money can Embuy

 Though A7true love could have been a conDtender

EmAre you Dthere, say a CprayerD for the preEmtender

 Who Cstarted out so young and Dstrong only to suGrrender

GSay a prayer for the preCtenderCsus4

GAre you there for the preCtenderCsus4

GAre you prepared for the preCtenderCsus4

GAre you there for the preCtenderCsus4

 (Csus4 = C chord + high E 3rd fret)