The Real Thing chords by
Delbert Mcclinton
Delbert Mcclinton
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Key: F major•
Intro 1
F
F

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Verse 1
Cm
Cm
3

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I was playin' pinball,
F
F

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drinkin' my last call alone
Cm
Cm
3

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She was leanin' in that doorway
C
C

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F
F

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lookin' like a sure way home
Bb
Bb

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She said, I like the way you
handle that machine
Dm
Dm

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I'm into playin', if you know what I mean
C
C

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Cm
Cm
3

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C
C

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So if you're tired of mediocrity
F
F

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I bet you I can make you see
Verse 2
Bb
Bb

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You ain't really had the real thing
F
F

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'Til I get you into my thing
C
C

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There ain't nothin' left to explain
Cm
Cm
3

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F
F

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Once you really had the real thing
Bb
Bb

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You ain't really had the real thing
F
F

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'Til I get you into my thing
C
C

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There ain't nothin' left to explain
F
F

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Once you really had the real thing
Interlude 1
F
F

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Bb
Bb

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F
F

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C
C

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F
F

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Verse 3
Cm
Cm
3

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I read the look on her face,
F
F

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took her off to my place fast
Cm
Cm
3

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Man, she wasn't foolin',
F
F

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she could make a good thing last
Bb
Bb

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Dm
Dm

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Up all night until the break of dawn
She was leavin' I was already gone
C
C

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Cm
Cm
3

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She whispered call me when
C
C

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you've had some rest
F
F

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I closed my eyes and I confessed
Verse 4
Bb
Bb

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I ain't never had the real thing
F
F

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Til' you got me into your thing
Cm
Cm
3

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C
C

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There ain't nothin' left to explain
Cm
Cm
3

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F
F

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Once you really had the real thing
Bb
Bb

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I ain't never had the real thing
F
F

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Til' you got me into your thing
C
C

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Cm
Cm
3

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C
C

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There ain't nothin' left to explain
Cm
Cm
3

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F
F

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Once you really had the real thing
Verse 5
Bb
Bb

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I aint never had the real thing
F
F

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Til' you got me into your thing
C
C

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There ain't nothin' left to
F
F

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Bb
Bb

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F
F

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explain
C
C

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F
F

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Bb
Bb

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F
F

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C
C

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F
F

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Once you really had the real thing
Outro 1
F
F

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