Chords for Kenny Loggins- The Real Thing (live)

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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ We are talking with Kenny Loggins.
[Gb] _ _ This is [G] his new CD, [Eb] Leap of Faith.
I know you've done a lot [A] of soundtracks like Footloose and Top Gun and all that stuff, but [D] this is like a real personal thing for you.
It's sort of your life story kind of thing, wouldn't you say?
Yeah, you might say this is the movie of [Gb] my life this [Bb] time.
Oh, okay.
That's a good way to put it.
[A] _ _ [C] _
There's been a lot of time since [Gb] the last soundtrack [E] and Water [A] Under the Bridge, a lot of things have happened and this sort of chronicles that [G] passage of time.
I know when you do a [C] soundtrack to a film, you sit and you watch [Ab] the film over and over again and you say, oh, I can put this in [G] here.
What do you do, look through old photo albums [Eb] or something?
Do you just sort [Bb] of run your life in your head and think, oh, [B] this is a [Eb] good place to stick this song?
You don't have to do that in this case.
Your life is already running [G] through your head.
Yeah, [E] I guess I know nothing about music right now.
_ _ [Bb] But your life has changed, obviously, quite a bit since [Gm] you started.
This is your [A] little girl on the camera, right?
That's right.
That's [Ab] Isabella.
Oh, that's nice.
I thought it was Tarzan.
This is her first album.
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She does _ _ _ _ [Am] her vocal debut on this record.
Oh, she sings on it?
She sings [G] on Conviction of the Heart, which is the song I [Eb] just did.
Oh, OK.
Oh, that's neat.
[Db] How old is she?
Three [A] and a half.
Oh, well, that's good.
So obviously she [Bb] got it on her talent, not just because she knew you.
[E] Right, of course.
[Gb] No negligence of the form.
Right, right, [D] right.
Now, _ the next song you're going to do for us is a song you originally wrote for her christening, is that?
[Db] Well, I was originally [Abm] planning on writing it for her, but I didn't have the time. [G] Oh, OK.
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_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ I didn't have the time to accept it, to want to look at it close enough.
So the song came up and I waited a [G] year before I finished it [Ab] to really look at [Gb] what was going on.
Oh, I see.
So you were [Bb] married, obviously, when you started the album.
I'd been married 12 years.
[A] Right.
So it [Eb] was a [Gb] difficult thing to [G] realize was actually coming.
I was coming face to face with.
Oh, I see.
Well, that's fascinating.
And the [Bb] song sort of followed that all the way.
_ [C] Well, kind of.
Yeah, it starts there and then it moves through [G] _ _ other emotions like conviction [Ab] of the heart, which deals with, you know, the earth.
And [Abm]
but then I [Ab] after even I was separated for a while, I fell in love again.
And so the album took another shift over into [Bb] into love songs.
Oh, I see.
So it pretty much runs the whole circle.
[Eb] Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, that's terrific.
Anything can happen.
And the next song you're going to do for us is [D]
the real thing, right?
That's right.
[A] And that is the song.
Terrific.
OK, [B] I'll let you make your way over here and I'll hold this [Db] up again.
OK, you hang up there.
_ _ _ [Gm] I'll hold this up again and introduce them.
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Give them a [C] second to _ get [Gb] them together once [D] again.
Kenny Locke.
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_ _ _ _ Amanda, [Ab] I know what you're thinking.
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ You [Db] and I have much [Cm] to say.
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ You've been making me crazy.
[Eb] Trying to [Db] understand. _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] It's impossible.
Show [Cm] me.
_ _ _ [Eb] I know.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] I'll _ _ always [Ab] try.
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_ _ [Bbm] She's going to bed [Cm]
alone [Ab] again tonight.
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_ And [Gb] you lie there in the dark.
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ I _
[Ab] _ did it for you.
And the boss.
_ [Db] Because love should teach [Eb] you.
Joe, not [Fm] the musician.
_ But your mama and daddy tried to [Db] show you.
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[Ab] How did it feel _ for [Cm] me?
_ _ [Bbm] Because I still [Gm] believe.
So [Fm] one thing you [Cm] can never give up.
[Bbm] Never [Ab] compromise on unless the real thing you need.
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ So afraid [Db] your [Ab] life is over. _ _
_ _ _ Nothing [Db] I can say can change your [Cm] _ mind.
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_ _ _ [Ab] How can anybody be so selfish?
_ Treat you also.
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ Call and scream me and [Cm] cry.
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I'll [Ab] _ [Cm] always hold [Eb] you _ in [Cm] my soul. _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] And I'm never going [Cm] to [Db] leave you [Eb] all alone. _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] Your daddy _ doesn't live here [Ab] anymore.
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I did it for you.
_ And the boss.
Because love should teach [Eb] you.
Joe, [Fm] not the musician.
_ [Bbm] But your mama and daddy [Db] tried to show you. _ _
[Ab] How did it [Eb] feel for [Cm] me?
_ _ [Bbm] Because I still [Eb] believe. _
So [Fm] one thing [Cm] you can never give up.
Never [Bbm] compromise [Ab] on unless the real [Eb] thing you need.
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ Everybody's [G] got a boat upon [Am] the ocean. _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Not [G] everybody's sailing out to [C] _ sea.
Is there some more [Am] left for me?
_ I'm ready to [D] be. _ _ _ _
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I [A] did it for you.
And the [Gbm] boss.
Because [D] love should teach you [E] joy.
_ Not [Gbm] the imitation.
[Bm] But your mama and daddy tried [D] to show you. _ _
I did it for [A] you.
[Dbm] For me.
_ _ [Bm] Because I [A] still believe.
There's [Gbm] only one thing you can [B] never give up.
Never compromise on unless the real [A] thing you need.
And the [D] _
love.
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_ Oh yeah. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [E] Kenny Loggins.
[Db] Be right back [Gm] right after this. _ _ _ _ _