The Real Thing Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][D][G][Am]
[G][D][G][Am]

[Verse 1]
He wore [Am]a song
around his neck
Like [G]some medal of honor
[D]He carried [G]his wisdom like a [Am]knife
An empty pocket was a
[G]temporary chain
[F]Knowing you've got it com[G]ing
Ain't no [Am]crime

[Verse 2]
[Am]
Every blue note that rolled
[G]off his tongue
You could [D]feel his soul
[G]twisting right in [Am]two
Nobody knew [G]where he came from
Ah but [F]everybody knew, [D]everybody knew

[Verse 3]
[G]He was the[Dm] real thing
[C]No doubt about it
The [Dm]kind that you re[C]member
[G]when they're gone
[Dm]The real thing
[C]Put here for a reason
We [F]knew [C]someday
[F]the whole world
Was go[C]ing [E]to know his name
He was [Am]the real thing
[G][D][G]

[Verse 4]
[Am]
She whispered in his ear,
and he [G]heard the thunder
[D]Singing 'bout [G]a world he never [Am]knew
Head spinning round, he [G]began to wonder
Was [F]he made to love her,
[D]or born to sing the[Am] blues

[Verse 5]
He searched inside him for [G]an answer
But [D]all he found [G]was a troubled [Am]mind
He left her somewhere
[G]on the blue highway
Oh it [F]wasn't just another
love [D]that he left behind
[G]It was the

[Verse 6]
[Dm]real thing
[C]No doubt about it
The [Dm]kind that you re[C]member
when it's [G]gone
[Dm]The real thing
[C]Not like passion's fire
But a [F]burning, [C]smoldering,
[F]ete[C]rnal flame
[G]It was the real thing

[Verse 7]
And some[Bb]times at night he
[C]longs for [Dm]her whisper
But he [F]hides [C]from the dawn,
'cause he [F]always wakes [C]to find [Em]her gone

[Interlude 1]
[E][Am][G][D][G]
[Am][G][D][G]
[Am]

[Verse 8]
In some [Am]broken down dressing
room in some [G]ma jor city
The [D]thunder plays an [G]old familiar tune
[Am]He spies a face of a dista[G]nt angel
Out[F]side, be[D]neath the halo [Am]moon

[Verse 9]
Finger on the trigger, [G]needle
in the vein
[D]One more bullet, it [G]might be your last [Am]ride
This is ain't no no no-show,
this ain't [G]no nervous breakdown
And it [F]sure as hell ain't the
time to [D]let the fool decide
[G]This is the real

[Verse 10]
[Dm]thing
[C]No doubt about it
Who [Dm]cares if they [C]love you
[G]and you're gone
This is [Dm]the real thing
So you were [C]put here for a reason
But [F]what gives [C]you the right
[F]to quit when you[C]'re tired
[F]Anyway boy[C], this ain't no gam[E]e
This [Am]is th[G]e real thing
[D][G]

[Verse 11]
[Am]
He wore a song around his neck
Like some [G]medal of [D]honor
He carried [G]his wisdom [Am]like a knife