John Cougar Mellencamp - The real life Chords

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[D#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] Suzanne [C#] divorced us, [B] she got keys [C#] to the car [D#m] and the home
_ _ [B] _ [C#] But her [B] friends were really [C#] his friends, [B] no [C#] one stopped by [D#m] to see her much _ _ [B] anymore
[C#] So one night she goes [G#m] back [C#] down to the old [B] home, once [C#] upon a time, [G#] but [D#m] her home
[G#m] She [C#] didn't know [B] nobody out [C#] there no more, and her homeless parents just [D#m] made it real so hard
[B] She says, [F#] I want to [C#] live the real [B] life, I want [F#] to live my life [C#] close to the [B] door
[F#] Just because [C#] I'm real laid back don't [B] mean, I want to [F#] sit around the [C#] house and watch TV
_ [B] _ I want [D#m] the real life, _ _ _ I want to [F#] live [D#m] the real _ life
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[C#] Jackson [B] Jackson was a [C#] good kid, [B] he had four [C#] years of college [G#] and a [D#m] bachelor's degree
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[C#] Started working when he was 21, but he made up and quit [D#] when he was 14
_ [B] He [C#] said, my whole [B] life I've done [C#] what I'm supposed to [B] do, now I'd like [C#] to maybe do [D#m] something for _ [G#m] myself
Just [C#] as soon as I [G#m] figure out [C#] the status, [G#m] you [C#] bet your [G#] life's gonna [D#m] get a little bit [B] heavier
I [F#] want to [C#] live the real life, [B]
I [F#] want to live my [C#] life close to the [B] door
Just [F#] because I'm [C#] real laid back don't mean, [B] I want to sit [F#] around this house and [C#] watch TV
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I want the [D#m] real life, _ _ [B]
I want [F#] to live [D#m] the real life
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_ _ [B] I [G#m] guess it don't [B] matter how [G#]
old you are, [B] [F] how old one [D#] lives to [C#m] be
I [G#m] guess it boils down to what we do [A#m] with our [B] lives, [D#m] how we deal with our destiny
[A#m] _ [F#] But [C#] somehow [B] when you reach a [F#] certain age, particularly those ones [F] that are young [D#m] and hard
It's a lonely proposition [G#m] when you [F#] realize that there's less days for the horse and [D#m] mind to beg
I want [B] _ _ [F#] to [C#] live the real [B] life, I [F#] want to live my [C#] life close to the [B] door
[F#] Just because I'm [C#] real laid back don't mean, [B] I want to sit [F#] around this house [C#] and watch TV
_ _ [B] I want the [D#m] real life, _ _ [B] I [F#] want [C#] to live the real [B] life
I [F#] want to live my [C#] life close to the [B] phone
[F#] I want [C#] to live the real life, [B] I want to sit [F#] around my house [C#] and watch TV
_ [F#] _ I want the [D#m] real life, _ _ I want to live the real life
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_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] live [C#] _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _
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[C#] the real [B] life, [C#] I want to live my [D#m] life close to the [B] phone
[C#] I want [B] to [C#] live the real [B] life, [C#] I want to live my [D#m] life close to the phone _ _ _ _ _
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