Zac Brown Band – Real Thing (Guitar)

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Gadd4/B = x2001x ORDER: I V1 PC1 C1 V2 PC2 C2 B INT FC [INTRO] (chords in parentheses are implied chords in the walkdown) F/C C | | E7 E/G# Am | Am C/E | F C | | F ( C/E Dm7 ) C | | [VERSE 1]
       C                F                C
It was in a crystal bot - tle on his desk

     C                    F              C
He'd save it for the times to not forget

  F                      G
I miss the way he'd share with me

          C       Gadd4/B     Am
The things that he       held true

          F                                 G
While the lessons rolled around his 80 proof
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
               F               C
All it took was one sip and it blew my mind

      G                  C
Those good ol' boys sure make it right

       F                    C
Knowing smooth whiskey takes some time

      G                     C
Ain't nothing like the real thing

        F/C                    C
And you can't go back once you get a taste

G             Am         Am7
Everything is second rate

            F                   C
I'm talking genuine Made in the USA

      G                     C
Ain't nothing like the real thing
[CHORUS 1] (gang vocals in parentheses)
     F                   C
Real thing
(There ain't nothing like the real thing baby)
 G                    Am7
(There ain't nothing) Real thing

 F                   C                        G C
(There ain't nothing like the real thing baby)
[VERSE 2]
C                       F             C
Thought I'd been in love a time or two

       C                   F           C  C7
Didn't know that I was lost till I met you

    F                   G                C    Em     Am Am7/G
And I could tell that e - very other girl was history

      F                                       G
Never knew how real could feel till you found me
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
               F         C
All it took was one kiss and you blew my mind

   G            C
An All-American kind of fine

          F              C
You know a good woman is hard to find

      G                     C
Ain't nothing like the real thing

        F                      C
And you can't go back once you get a taste

G           Am
Everyone is second rate

            F                   C
I'm talking genuine Made in the USA

      G                     C
Ain't nothing like the real thing
[CHORUS 2] (gang vocals in parentheses)
         F                   C
The real thing
(There ain't nothing like the real thing baby)
 G                    Am7
(There ain't nothing) Real thing

 F                   C
(There ain't nothing like the real thing baby)

 G                  C
(There ain't nothing)

     F                   C
Real thing
(There ain't nothing like the real thing baby)
 G                    Am7
(There ain't nothing) Real thing

 F                   C
(There ain't nothing like the real thing baby)

 G                  C
(There ain't nothing)
[BRIDGE]
                 F                  C
       You know a great song is hard to find

G                              Am7
       The right words and the perfect rhyme

               F                 C
      'Cause we all feel the same inside

                 G                    C
       We're all looking for the real thing

Cadd9/E                F                     C
       You know you're not the same once you hear it play

               G           E/G#     Am
       There's nothing else    that can replace

              F                   C
       What's genuine Made in the USA

             G                     C
       Ain't nothing like the real thing
(tag)
                   F                   C
       I'm talking genuine Made in the USA

             G                     C
       Ain't nothing like the real thing
[INTERLUDE] (piano) F C | | G Am | Am C7/E |
F  C | | G  C  |         |
(add organ)
Dm7 C/E | F F#dim | C/G G#dim | Am C/E | F C | | G C | | (guitar solo) F C | | G Am | |
F  C | | G     |   |
         ^ this is the root, but this is mostly implied by context;
guitar does its own thing mostly around the sus notes (2/4) [FINAL CHORUS] (gang vocals in parentheses)
         F                   C
The real thing
(There ain't nothing like the real thing baby)
 G                    Am7
(There ain't nothing) Real thing

 F                   C                        G C
(There ain't nothing like the real thing baby)