Eb      Ebmaj7         Fm/Eb  Eb   Fm/Eb Eb    Abmaj7                 Fm7  Fm7/Bb
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   baby     Ain't nothing like the real thing.
Eb      Ebmaj7         Fm/Eb  Eb   Fm/Eb Eb    Abmaj7                 Fm7  Fm7/Bb   Eb Bb/D Cm
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   baby     Ain't nothing like the real thing.

[Verse]
 Fm7/Bb    Eb              Fm7      Eb/G     Abmaj7         G
I got your picture hanging on my wall but it can't sing, or come to me
       Cm7                    Bbm7 Eb7     Ab      Eb/G   Eb
when I call your name.  I realize     it's just a picture in a frame.
            Eb          Fm         Eb/G       Abmaj7
I read your letters but you're not near,   but they don't move me,
G                            Cm7            Bbm7  Eb7      Ab   Eb/G Fm7    Eb
they don't groove me it like when I hear your sweet voice whispering       in my ear.

[Chorus]
Eb      Ebmaj7         Fm/Eb  Eb   Fm/Eb Eb    Abmaj7                 Fm7  Fm7/Bb
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   baby     Ain't nothing like the real thing.
Eb      Ebmaj7         Fm/Eb  Eb   Fm/Eb Eb    Abmaj7                 Fm7  Fm7/Bb   Eb Bb/D Cm
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   baby     Ain't nothing like the real thing.

[Verse]
Fm7/Bb     Eb      Fm7  Eb/G  Abmaj7        G           Cm7
I play my game a   fantasy    I pretend but I know in reality
  Bb7       Eb7    Ab              Eb/G
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me

[Bridge]
         Gm7      G7        G7/B         Cm
No other sound is quite the same as your name
   Eb7/Bb   Eb7         Ab   Eb/Bb           C#dim
No touch can do half as much to make me feel better.
Fm7             Fm7/Bb                       Bb
So, let's stay together.     Ah, ah.    Ooh.

[Chorus]
Fm7/Bb      Eb          Fm  Eb/G      Abmaj7                         G
I got some mem'ries to look back on,  though they help me when you're gone
    Cm7          Bbm7  Eb7 Ab   Eb/G Fm7         Eb
I'm well aware nothing can take the place of you being there.

[Chorus]
Eb      Ebmaj7     Fm/Eb  Eb   Fm/Eb Eb    Abmaj7             Fm7  Fm7/Bb
So glad we got the real  thing,   baby     So glad we got the real thing.
Eb      Ebmaj7         Fm/Eb  Eb   Fm/Eb Eb  Abmaj7                 Fm7  Fm7/Bb
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   baby   Ain't nothing like the real thing.

[Chorus]
Eb      Ebmaj7         Fm/Eb  Eb   Fm/Eb Eb    Abmaj7                 Fm7  Fm7/Bb
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   baby     Ain't nothing like the real thing.
Eb      Ebmaj7         Fm/Eb  Eb   Fm/Eb Eb    Abmaj7                 Fm7  Fm7/Bb
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   baby     Ain't nothing like the real thing.