Chords for "The Real World"

Date:  Nov. 7, 2007
From:  Leif Thiborg


A A  G   

     G                         D         Em D    A A
You danced and partied at the Mardi Gras 
G                                   D   Em D  A
Threw back all the beads at the parade 
G                             D
Fake worlds and logos in the shopping mall 
       A       Asus4  A
where you came from 
G                  A   G        D/A  A      A   A/G  A        
Everything seemed the same the whole world now 
G                  D      A D
So you headed down south 
G                 F#m
Left your old home town 
G             D                 A          
Relocated so far away from the real world 
    A6            G       G  G  G  Gadd9 G    
But where is the real world? 
D                 D/A   G           F#m
Get out of the bar And follow the stars 
            G           D                  A    
Now you've relocated so far away from the real world 
                  G6           G
But where is the real world? 


verse 2
G                                D      riff e f# g f#    A  G
Ambitious eyes set firmly on the future 
   G                            D      riff e f# g f#    
So keen to leave your old home town 
A             G             
But you're a lost soul looking for the 
       em D         A
great illusion in another state 
     G        Gadd9             G
You had to escape you know you just couldn't 
                      A         Asus4    A     Asus4  A
wait you thought the real world let you down. 
G                  D     D/F# G                     F#m
So you headed down south         left another home town 
          G
Now you don't have the time to think 
D                         A
who's left behind in the real world 
G                        Bm G                F#m
Watching game shows all day   was no kind of deal 
   G                    D
It all seemed oh so surreal 
                       A
had to break from the real world 
                  G          Gadd9   G
But where is the real world? 
G                       Gadd9
One day you'll wake up and you will feel 
                     D   riff: e f# g f#     AAA  G
"I am alive this is real" 

same chords as on verse 2  
Your friends came down to visit from all over 
To see first hand the brand new start you made 
But you were overqualified for the tips you 
earn in a bar 
It won't work here and it didn't work there but 
you tried it anyway 

So head off in the car and follow the stars 
There's someone waiting not far away 
in the real world 
Hope you get there this time 
But just bear in mind 
There's a lot of lost souls looking out 
for a sign for the real world 
But where is the real world? 

One day you'll wake up and you will feel 
"I am alive this is real"