D C G   D C G
D C G   D C G   D

[Verse]
        C      G                  D
Met her at the high school dance
            C       G   D
Down at the Yellow Sun
       C            G                D
He was rockin' them parachute pants
        C         G
Leather high tops on

[Verse]
  D              C          G
A couple'a years later they went and got hitched
     D       C        G    D
By a Justice of the Peace
        C         G
Settled down in a Minnesota town
        D       C    G
And the rest is history

[Chorus]
            D     G     D
Baby this is real life
              C          G     D
Yeah, they're doin' just fine
     G     D
Real life
     C      G     D
Real life alright (alright)

[Instrumental]
D C G   D C G   D

[Verse]
     C             G              D
Left home when she was seventeen
        C        G    D
Got her first tattoo
          C       G                 D
She never was the homecoming queen
      C        G
Never was that cool

[Verse]
          D          C          G
Now she's serving up drinks and getting new ink
       D         C   G   D
On the east side of A 
        C          G
Not the choice her mama woulda made
       D      C       G
And she likes it that way

[Chorus]
            D     G     D
Baby this is real life
            C          G     D
Yeah, she's doin' just fine
     G     D
Real life
     C      G
Real life alright (alright)

[Interlude]
D          C     G
Na, na na, na na na (nanana)
D          C     G
Na, na na, na na na
D          C     G
Na, na na, na na na (nanana)
D          C     G    D
Na, na na, na na na

[Bridge]
                    C
Ain't always fun, it ain't always pretty
G                    D
Down in the country, up in the city
                           C
Everybody's different, but one thing's true
   Am                 C  N.C.       D
We all gotta' do what we gotta' do

[Verse]
    C         G                 D
So, me and my gypsy heart gonna
            C         G   D
Pack up and hit the road
      C             G                D
Got a song and this old guitar and a
  C           G
A string of shows

[Verse]
          D       C            G
When that highway calls, baby, I'll come runnin'
        D        C           G
With my gas tank full And my six string strumming
  D         C               G               D
I got a few friends that'll keep on coming
N.C.              G
This is all I know

[Chorus]
            D     G     D
Baby this is real life
          C          G
Yeah, I'm doin' just fine
        D     G     D
Oh it's, real life
     C      G
Real life alright

[Chorus]
        D     G     D
Oh it's, real life
          C          G
Yeah, I'm doin' just fine
            D     G     D
Baby this is real life
     C      G
Real life alright (alright)

[Outro]
D          C     G
Na, na na, na na na (nanana)
D          C     G
Na, na na, na na na
D          C     G
Na, na na, na na na (nanana)
D          C     G
Na, na na, na na na