Real Life

Intro: G D Em C (2X)

                 G                 
1.  I wish that life was like it is
         D
 in the movies,
                e                   
 C
    'cause the hero always gets his 
way.
               G                 
    No matter how hard it gets on 
       D
that dark, lonely road,
            Em                     
    at the end he's got a smile on 
      C
his face.
                     G           
    But when they threw me out to 
      D
the lions,
            F                      
    no one saved me as I fell from 
       C
your grace.
                 G               
    And no one wrote me new lines 
       D
for what I said wrong,
                F                  
    and what I did wrong I could 
    C
not erase.
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         G                  D
This is real life, this is real 
love,
         Em                   C
this is real pain, that much I'm 
sure of.
           G                     D
These are real tears, these are 
            C                 D
real fears inside that I can't hide
     - C  ~ ~                G       
2.               I wish that I could
                      D
 be a white knight in armor,
             Em                    
    with an army just to bring you 
       C
back home.
              G                 
    But I'll admit I'm scared of 
               D
dialing your number,
                 Em                
    and someone else is gonna 
         C
answer the phone.
     G                       D
    Why can't it be like it is on 
TV,
              F                    
    when the orchestra plays and 
   C
you come back to me.

+ REFRAIN
             G                  D
    This is real life, this is real 
love,
               Em                  
    these are real wounds that I'm 
   C
bleeding from,
           Am               D
    and I realize this is real.
F                          Am    
    I always thought that our 
           C         G
love was a story book tale.
     F              C          Am
    God knows that I'd never 
    - C         D            D7
dream      in the end it would fail.
 'Cause
+ REFRAIN
             G                  D
    This is real life, this is real 
love,
               Em                  
    these are real wounds that I'm 
   C
bleeding from,
           Am               D
    and I realize this is real.     
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