John Mellencamp – The Real Life (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

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                          The Real Life-John Mellencamp
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Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:[email protected]
Tuning:EADGBE Capo II [Intro]
e|-5h7--7--5-------------------5h7--7-5---------------------------------|
B|------------7--5h7p5--7-9--------------7--7-5-------------------------|
G|---------—------------------------------------6-----------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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A E B A E C#m A E B A E C#m
B
Suzanne divorced her husband

                                     C#m
She got the keys to the car and the home

B
But her friends were really his friends

                                    C#m
No one stops by to see her much anymore

B                                           C#m
So one night she goes back down to the old haunts

B                              C#m
That once upon a time were her home

B                                     C#m
She didn't know nobody out there no more

B                                              C#m
And the whole experience just made her feel so old, she says

A       E       B       
I want to live the real life

A           E         B
I want to live my life close to the bone

A           E              B
Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean

A           E               B
I want to sit around my house and watch TV

E                C#m  E                       C#m
I want the real life, I want to live the real life
B C#m
B                             C#m
Jackson, Jackson, was a good kid

B                                          C#m
He had four years of college and a Bachelor's 

B                             C#m
Started workin' when he was 21

B                             C#m
Got fed up and quit when he was 43

B                                C#m
He said, "My whole life, I've done what I'm supposed to do

B                                C#m
Now I'd like to maybe do something for myself

B                                C#m
And just as soon as I figure out what that is

B                                C#m
You can bet your life, I'm gonna give it hell with

A       E       B       
I want to live the real life

A           E         B
I want to live my life close to the bone

A           E              B
Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean

A           E               B
I want to sit around my house and watch TV

E                C#m  E                       C#m
I want the real life, I want to live the real life

A       E       B       
I want to live the real life

A           E         B
I want to live my life close to the bone

A           E              B
Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean

A           E               B
I want to sit around my house and watch TV

E                C#m  E                       C#m
I want the real life, I want to live the real life

A       E       B       
I want to live the real life

A           E         B             C#m
I want to live my life close to the bone