The Real Thing Chords by Warren Hayes

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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] He _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ wore a song around his neck [G] Like some medal of honor
_ [D] _ _ [G] Carried his wisdom [A] like an [Am] axe _ _ _ An empty pocket [G] was a temporary chain
_ [F] Knowing you got [G] to come in [Am] ain't no crime _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Every blue note [G] that rolled off his tongue
He [D] could feel his soul [G] twisting right [Am] in two
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_ [Am] Nobody knew [G] where it came from
[F] Oh, but everybody knew
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[G] Everybody knew it [Dm] was the real thing _ _
[C] No doubt about [Dm] it
The kind that [G] you remember when they're gone
[Dm] The real thing
Put [C] here for a reason
[F] And we knew [C] someday
_ [F] The [C] whole world was gonna [E] know his name
Yeah, it [A] was the real [Am] thing _
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[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
She whispered in his ear
[G] And he heard the thunder
[D] Singing about a world he [Am] never knew
_ _ _ He'd spin around, [G] he'd begin to wonder
[F] Was he made to [D] love her or born [Am] to sing the blues?
_ _ He searched inside him [G] for the answer
But [D]
all he [G] found was a troubled [Am] man
[A] He _ [Am] left her somewhere on [G] the blue highway
[F] But it wasn't just another [D] love that he [G] left behind
[Dm] It was the real thing _ _
[C] No doubt about [Dm] it
The kind that you remember [G] when it's gone
[Dm] The real thing _
[C] Not like passions firing
[F] But a [C] burning, _ [F] smoldering
[C] Oh, [G] eternal flame
And [Bb] sometimes [C] at night he longs for [Dm] her whisper
But [F] he [C] hides from the dawn
[F] Cause he [C] always wakes to find [E] her _ gone
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_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ [A]
Some [Am] broken-down dressing room
[G] In some major city
The [D] thunder [G] plays an old familiar [Am] tune
He _ _ spies the face [G] of a distant angel
[F] _ Outside, [D]
beneath a [Am] halo moon
_ _ _ Finger on the trigger, [G] needle in the vein
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One more bullet, it might be your [Am] last ride
But this ain't no no [G]-show
This ain't no nervous breakdown
[F] And it sure as hell ain't the time
[D] To let the [G] fool decide [Dm] this is the real thing
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No doubt about [Dm] it
Who [G] cares that they love you when you're gone
_ [Dm] This is the real thing
[C] So you were put here for a reason
[F] But what gives [C] you the right
[F] To [C] quit when you're tired
[F] Anyway, [C] boy, [E] this ain't no _ game _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ This [A] is [Am] the _ _ [G] _ _ real thing
[D] _
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He wore a song around his neck
[D] Like some medal of honor
He _ _ [G] carried his wisdom like a [A] knight
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