In Real Life Chords by Steve Goodman

_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] There she go, _ _ [D] _ how [C] could she leave me?
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] Doesn't she [Am] need me?
She was never
[D] really [G] there
_ _ _ Feels [C] so cold
_ _ [F#m] _ _ Oh, what a [Am] shame now
_ [D] _ There's no [Am] one to blame now
It's the world that [Em] isn't fair in
[F#m] Real life
[Am] People say one thing [F#] then they do another [Em] in
_ Real [D] _ life
[Am] They break the tender heart [B] of an innocent lover [G] now and then
_ [F#m] _ [D] No big [Bm] surprise
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] It happens all the time [G] in real life
_ _ [G] In _ _ my [C] _ dreams
[Bm] _ She stands [Am] in the moonlight
_ _ [Bm] _ She looks [Am] in my eye
[D] She tells me she [G] will stay
_ _ _ One [C] more night
_ [Bm] _ _ Spend it [Am]
together
_ _ [Bm] _ _ Pretend it's [Am]
forever
But [B] it never will be
Never works [Em] that way in real [Bm] life
People [Am]
[A] say one thing [B] and then they do another [Em] in _ real [Bm] life
_ [Am] They break the tender heart [B] of an innocent lover [G]
now and then
[D] _ No big [Bm]
surprise
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A]
It happens [E] all the [C] time in _ [G#]
[G] real life
_ _ Why _ _
[Cm] _ _ can't I [Am] learn my lesson?
_ I must be a [Dm] little bit slow
_ [Cm] _ Why must I [Dm] always be the first to cry
And the [F] last to [G] know?
_ _ _ It _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] happens all the [C]
[G#] time in _ [G] real life _
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