Chords Used:
SOL DO/SOL DO RE SOL/SI LAm7 MIm SI7 LA9 LA9/SOL
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:
SOL DO/SOL
I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway,
SOL RE
DO
Gonna pack my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day
SOL DO
And when the evening rolls around,
SOL DO
I'll go on home and lay my body down
SOL RE
And when the morning light comes streaming in
DO SOL/SI LAm7 SOL
I'll get up and do it again Amen
DO SOL/SI LAm7 SOL
Say it again Amen
D -----------0-------------------------|
A --2---3------------------------------|
Verse 2
SOL
I want to know what became of the changes,
DO/SOL
We waited for love to bring
SOL
Were they only the fitf
RE DO
Of some greater awakening
SOL DO
I've been aware of the time going by
SOL DO
They say in the end it's the blink of an eye
SOL RE
And when the morning light comes streaming in
DO SOL/SI LAm7 SOL
You'll get up and do it again Amen
RE
Caught between the longing for love
DO MIm SI7
And the struggle for the legal tender
DO/SOL
Where the sirens sing and the churchbells ring
MIm
And the junkman pounds his fender
DO SOL
Where the veterans dream of the fight,
SI7 MIm
Fast asleep at the traffic light
LA9 LA9/SOL RE/FA#
And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor
MIm RE DO RE
MIm
Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the pretender
DO RE
He knows that all his hopes an dreams
SOL
Begin and end there
E -----------------------------------3---------------|
B --------3--5----------------------0----------------|
G --2s4---------4--2-0-2-0-----0---------------------|
D -------------------------------2-------------------|
A ---------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------3---------------|
DO SOL
Ah the lovers as they run through the night
DO MIm
Leaving nothing but to choose off and fight
D#O7 G/D C
And tear at the world with all their might
SOL/RE MIm
While the ships bearing their dreams
SOL/RE RE
Sail out of sight
Verse 3
SOL
I'm gonna find myself a girl,
DO/SOL
Who can show me what laughter means
SOL RE
Then we'll fill in the missing colors in each others
DO
Paint by number dreams
SOL DO
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
SOL DO
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
SOL RE
And when the morning light comes streaming in
DO SOL/SI LAm7 SOL
We'll get up and do it again
DO SOL/SI LAm7 SOL
Get it up again
SOL RE RE/DO
MIm
I'm gonna be a happy idiot, and struggle for the legal tender
SI7 DO/SOL
Where the ads take aim, and lay their claim
MIm
To the heart and the soul of the spender
DO SOL
And believe in whatever may lie
SI7 MIm
In those things that money can buy
LA9 LA9/SOL RE/FA#
Though true love could have been a contender
MIm RE DO RE MIm
Are you there, say a prayer for the pretender
DO RE SOL
Who started out so young and strong only to surrender
Over Intro Part 2:
SOL DO
Say a prayer for the pretender
SOL DO
Are you there for the pretender
SOL DO
Are you prepared for the pretender etc.
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