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Jackson Browne : The Pretender
1976

  1. Here Come Those Tears Again

  2. The Pretender

Here Come Those Tears Again

Capo:
I
G/A x05433
Fdim7 123434
A
A/g
Here come those tears again
F#m7
D
Just when I was getting over you
A/e
E7sus4
Just when I was gonna make it through
A/e
E7sus4
Another night without missing you
F#m
D
Thinking I might just be strong enough after all
A/e
E7sus4
When I hear those footsteps echoing in the hall
A
A/g
Baby here we stand again
F#m7
D
Like we did so many times before
A/e
E7sus4
Even though you looked so sure
A/e
Db7
As I was watching you walking out my door
F#m
E
F#m
D
Bm
D
But you always walk back in like you did today
A/e
E7sus4
Acting like you never even went away
A
A/g
Well I don't know if I can
F#m7
D
Open up and let you in, babe
A/e
E7sus4
Here come those tears
A/e
E7sus4
A
A/g
F#m7
D
Here come those tears again
A
A/g
I can hear you telling me
F#m7
D
How you needed to be free
A/e
D/e
Fdim7
F#m
G/a
Bm7
A/db
And you had some things to work out alone
D
A/e
E7sus4
Now you're standing here telling me how - you have grown
A
A/g
Here come those tears
F#m7
D
Now you'll tell me how to hold them in
A/e
E7sus4
Here come those tears
A/e
E7sus4
F#m
E
Here come those tears again
F#m
Some other time baby
D
Bm
D
When I'm strong and I'm feeling fine maybe
A/e
When I can look at you without crying
E7sus4
You might look like a friend of mine (but I)
A
A/g
Don't know if I can
F#m7
D
Open up enough to let you in, babe
A/e
E7sus4
Here come those tears
A/e
E7sus4
A
Here come those tears again
A/g
F#m7
D
Walk away......
A/e
E7sus4
I'm going back inside and turning out the light
A/e
E7sus4
And I'll be in the dark but you'll be out of sight (but I)
A
A/g
Don't know if I can
F#m7
D
Open up enough to let you in, babe
A/e
E7sus4
Here come those tears
A/e
E7sus4
A
Here come those tears again

The Pretender

G
C
2x
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 morning light comes streaming in
C
G
Am
G
I'll get up and do it again, Amen
C
G
Am
G
Say it again, Amen I want to know what became of the changes we waited for love to bring Were they only the fitful dreams of some greater awakening I've been aware of the time going by They say in the end it's the wink of an eye And when the morning light comes streaming in I'll get up and do it again, Amen Say it again, Amen
G
D
Caught between the longing for love
C
Em
B7
And the struggle for the legal tender
C
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
Em
C
And the junkman pounds his fender
G
C
Where the veterans dream of the fight
B7
Em
Fast asleep at the traffic light
A7
G
D
And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor
Em
D
C
Em
D
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
G
C
G
C
C
G
Ah the lovers as they run through the night
C
Em
Leaving nothing but to choose off and fight
D
G
C
And tear at the world with all their might
G
Em
While the ships bearing their dreams
G
D
Sail out of sight I'm gonna find myself a girl who can show me what laughter means Then we'll fill in the missing colors in each other's paint-by-number dreams And then we'll put our dark glasses on And we'll make love until our strength is gone And when the morning light comes streaming in We'll get up and do it again, Amen Get it up again, Amen I'm gonna be a happy idiot And struggle for the legal tender Where the ads take aim, and lay their claim To the heart and the soul of the spender And believe in whatever may lie In those things that money can buy Though true love could have been a contender
Em
D
C
D
Em
Are you there, say a prayer for the pretender
C
D
G
Who started out so young and strong only to surrender
G
C
Csus4
Say a prayer for the pretender
G
C
Csus4
Are you there for the pretender?
G
C
Csus4
Are you prepared for the pretender?
G
C
Csus4
Are you there for the pretender?