Genuine Imitation Life chords by Harry Belafonte

SimplifiedG · Gsus4 · Dm · F · Gm …

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G
Gsus4
Dm
F
Gm
C
Em
Ebaug
B
C#dim
Eb
Am
D
A
Fdim
F#m
E
Abdim
Cm

Intro 1

Gsus4

Verse 1
Gsus4 
C 
Chameleon changing colors,
Gsus4 
G 
while a crocodile cries
Gsus4 
G 
People rubbing  elbows bit, never
F 
G 
Em 
touching eyes
Ebaug 
Taking off their    marks,
B 
G 
C#dim 
Dm 
revealing still another guise
G 
F 
Gsus4 
G 
Genuine imitation life
Gsus4 
G 
Gsus4 
Dm 
G 

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Verse 2
Gsus4 
G 
Gsus4 
People buying happiness
G 
and manufactured fun
Gsus4 
G 
Everybody doing what every
F 
Em 
body's done
Eb 
Ebaug 
G 
People count on people who can
C#dim 
Dm 
only count to one
Am 
Dm 
G 
Gsus4 
Genuine imitation life
G 
Gsus4 
G 
Gsus4 
G 

Verse 3
Em 
D 
B 
All the pretty clouds are a
lovely shade of black
You find the right direction,
Em 
someone tears up all the track
Am 
D 
People worship crosses,
B 
Dm 
Am 
Dm 
Am 
fingers cross behind their back
Dm 
G 
Genuine imitation life

Interlude 1

Gsus4

C#dim

Fdim

F#m

Abdim

Verse 4

Gsus4

Genuine imitation life

Gsus4

Verse 5
G 
Gsus4 
Gm 
Old friends get together
G 
(old friends get together)
Gsus4 
But it's solitaire they play (but it's solitaire
Gm 
G 
they play)
Everybody's rainbow (every
Gsus4 
G 
body's rainbow)
Dm 
F 
Done in different shades of gray
Em 
(different shades of  gray)
Eb 
B 
It's a lovely place to visit
G 
(it's a lovely place to visit)
C#dim 
But I wouldn't want to stay
Dm 
(wouldn't want to stay)
G 
In a genuine (in a genuine) imitation
life (imitation life)
Gsus4 
G 
F 