Chords for Bob Franke sings For Real

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94.15 bpm
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Gm

Ab

Cm

Eb

Db

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Bob Franke sings For Real chords
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[Eb] [D] [Cm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Gm] Death took the husband of [C] a neighbor of mine [Ab] on a highway [Bb] with a [Eb] drunk at the wheel.
She told me, keep your [D] clean [Cm] hands off the laundry he left, [Gm] and [Ab] don't tell me you know
how I feel.
She [Db] had a tape [Abm] that he'd [C] sent her from a [Gm] holiday inn, [Ab] and she never played it much [Eb] in the day.
But when [Db] I heard him say he loved her [Cm] through the window at [Bb] night, I just stayed the hell away.
[Ebm] There's a [Gm] hole in [Bb] the middle [C] of the piteous [Cm] life, [Ab] so the lawyers and [Eb] the prophets say,
not your father, [Bb] nor your mother, [Cm] nor your lover's gonna ever [Ab] make it go away.
And [Db] there's too much [Ab] darkness in an [Gm] endless night to [Ab] be afraid of the [Am] way we [A] feel.
[Ab] Let's be kind to each [Cm] other, [Db] not forever but [Gm] for real.
[C] [Gm]
[Eb] My [Gm] father never put [Cm] his parachute on in [Ab] the Pacific back in [Eb] World War II.
He said he'd rather go [Gm] down in [Cm] familiar flames [Ab] than get lost in that endless blue.
[Db] And some of that blue [Abm] got [C] into my [Gm] eyes, [D] and we never [Ab] stopped fighting [Eb] that war
[Gm] [Db] until I first understood [Cm] about [Gm] endlessness.
And I loved him like [Bb] never before.
[Eb] There's a [Bb] hole in the [Cm] middle of the piteous life, [Ab] so the lawyers and [Eb] the prophets say,
not your father, [Gm] nor your mother, [Cm] nor your lover's gonna ever [Ab] make it go away.
And [Db] there's too much darkness [D] in an endless [Gm] night to [Ab] be afraid of the way we [A] feel.
[Ab] Let's be kind to each [Cm] [Db] other, not forever but [C] for [Gm] real.
[Eb] It's [Gm] lucky that my daughter [Cm] got her mother's nose [Ab] and just a little of her [Eb] father's eyes.
And we've got just enough [Gm] love [Cm] that when the longing takes me, [Ab] well it takes me by surprise.
And [Db] I remember that longing [Cm] from my highway days, [Ab] though I never could [Eb] give it a name.
[Db] It's lucky I discovered [Gm] in [C] the nick of [Gm]
time [Bb] that the woman and the child aren't to blame
[Eb] for the hole [Bb] in the middle of [Cm] a pretty good life.
I [Ab] only have to face it because it's [Eb] here to stay.
Not my father, nor [Gm] my mother, [Cm] nor my daughter, nor my lover, [Ab] nor the highway will go away.
And [Db] there's too much darkness [C] in an endless [Gm] night to [Ab] be ashamed of the [A] way I feel.
[Ab] I'll be kind to my loved [Db] ones, not forever [D] but for real.
[Gm] [C]
[Gm] [Eb] [Gm] Some say that [Cm] God is a lover, [Ab] some say [Eb] it's an endless void.
Some [Gm] say both, [Cm] some say she's angry, [Ab] some say justified.
[Db] But if God felt a hammer [D] in the palm of his [Gm] hand, [Ab] then God knows the way [Am] we feel.
[A] [Ab] And love lasts forever, [Db]
[Cm] forever and [Gm] for you.
[C]
[Gm] [Ab] Love lasts [Dbm] forever.
[Abm] [Cm]
[Gm] [D]
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Gm
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Ab
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Cm
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Eb
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Db
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Gm
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Ab
134211114
Cm
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] Death took the husband of [C] a neighbor of mine [Ab] on a highway [Bb] with a [Eb] drunk at the wheel.
_ She told me, keep your [D] clean [Cm] hands off the laundry he left, [Gm] and [Ab] don't tell me you know
how I feel.
_ She [Db] had a tape [Abm] that he'd [C] sent her from a [Gm] holiday inn, [Ab] and she never played it much [Eb] in the day.
_ But when [Db] I heard him say he loved her [Cm] through the window at [Bb] night, I just stayed the hell away. _
_ [Ebm] There's a [Gm] hole in [Bb] the middle [C] of the piteous [Cm] life, [Ab] so the lawyers and [Eb] the prophets say,
_ not your father, [Bb] nor your mother, [Cm] nor your lover's gonna ever [Ab] make it go away.
And _ _ [Db] there's too much [Ab] darkness in an [Gm] endless night to [Ab] be afraid of the [Am] way we [A] feel.
_ [Ab] Let's be kind to each [Cm] other, [Db] not forever but [Gm] for real.
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Eb] My [Gm] father never put [Cm] his parachute on in [Ab] the Pacific back in [Eb] World War II. _
He said he'd rather go [Gm] down in [Cm] familiar flames [Ab] than get lost in that endless blue.
_ [Db] And some of that blue [Abm] got [C] into my [Gm] eyes, [D] and we never [Ab] stopped fighting [Eb] that war
_ [Gm] [Db] until I first understood [Cm] about [Gm] endlessness.
And I loved him like [Bb] never before.
_ [Eb] There's a [Bb] hole in the [Cm] middle of the piteous life, [Ab] so the lawyers and [Eb] the prophets say, _
_ not your father, [Gm] nor your mother, [Cm] nor your lover's gonna ever [Ab] make it go away. _ _ _
And [Db] there's too much darkness [D] in an endless [Gm] night to [Ab] be afraid of the way we [A] feel. _
[Ab] Let's be kind to each [Cm] [Db] other, not forever but [C] for [Gm] real. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] It's [Gm] lucky that my daughter [Cm] got her mother's nose [Ab] and just a little of her [Eb] father's eyes. _
And we've got just enough [Gm] love [Cm] that when the longing takes me, [Ab] well it takes me by surprise. _
And [Db] I remember that longing [Cm] from my highway days, [Ab] though I never could [Eb] give it a name. _
_ [Db] It's lucky I discovered [Gm] in [C] the nick of [Gm]
time [Bb] that the woman and the child aren't to blame
[Eb] for the hole [Bb] in the middle of [Cm] a pretty good life.
I [Ab] only have to face it because it's [Eb] here to stay.
_ Not my father, nor [Gm] my mother, [Cm] nor my daughter, nor my lover, [Ab] nor the highway will go away.
And [Db] there's too much darkness [C] in an endless [Gm] night to [Ab] be ashamed of the [A] way I feel.
_ [Ab] I'll be kind to my loved [Db] ones, not forever [D] but for real.
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] Some say that [Cm] God is a lover, _ [Ab] some say [Eb] it's an endless void.
_ _ Some [Gm] say both, [Cm] some say she's angry, [Ab] _ some say justified. _
_ [Db] But if God felt a hammer [D] in the palm of his [Gm] hand, [Ab] then God knows the way [Am] we feel.
[A] _ _ [Ab] And love lasts forever, [Db] _
_ [Cm] forever and [Gm] for you.
[C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ Love lasts [Dbm] forever. _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _

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