Aint nothing like the real thing

E     B/E              F#m/E  E 
Ain't nothing like the real  
   F#m/E E    Amaj7              
thing,   ba-by.  Ain't nothing 
    F#m7
like the real thing.
Ain't nothing like the real  thing, 
  ba-by.  Ain't nothing like the 
real thing.

E9         E               F#m7  
I got your picture hanging on my 
E/G#     A                 Absus 
wall but it can't sing, or come 
  Ab
to me -
            C#m               
     when I call your name.  I 
 Bm7           Amaj7          A   
realized it's just a picture in a 
 E
frame.
             E          F#m7       
I read your letters but you're not 
E/G#   A
here.  They don't move me,
Absus      Ab            C#m    
they don't prove it like when I 
     Bm7              Amaj7      
hear your sweet voice whispering 
A     E
in my ear.

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          E        F#m7   E/G#   
I play my games of fan-ta-sy.    
A              Absus     
I've been down.  I don't see 
Ab    C#m
reality.
  Bm7              Amaj7           
I need the shelter of your arms to 
A       E
comfort me
           E           F#m7     
I got some memories to look back
E/G#   A                  
 on,  though they help me when 
Absus        Ab
you're gone
    C#m        Bm7         Amaj7 
I'm well aware nothing can take 
                A     E
the place of you being there.

         Abm   Ab/C               
No other sound   -   is quite the 
             C#m
same as your name.
   E7/B                 Amaj7 E/B
No touch can do half as much  -  
           C#m7         E/F#
to make me feel better.
F#9      A/B          B         
Let's stay together.     Ah, ah.
    A/B      B   A/B   B   A/B   B
    Ooh.

E     B/E              F#m/E  E 
Ain't nothing like the real  
   F#m/E E    Amaj7              
thing,   ba-by.  Ain't nothing 
    F#m7
like the real thing.
   So glad we  got the real  thing, 
  ba-by.     So glad we  got the 
real thing.