the real thing chords by The Maccabees

SimplifiedAm · C · Dm · F

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Verse 1

It's real, yeah so real,

yeah

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) 
A mongoose can smile
at a cobra
But that cobra will always be a snake
Am 
C 
Diamante  (A minor) can  (C major) shine like a diamond
But you know,
like I know that rock will be fake

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Verse 3

It's the real thing, the real thing

Nothing but the real thing, it's real

It's the real thing, the real thing

Nothing but the real thing, it's real

It's real, yeah, so real, yeah

You can xerox the

Verse 4
Mona Lisa
C 
Am 
 (C major) Deadpan Da Vinci  (A minor) in every detail
C 
Am 
 (C major) Might beat customs  (A minor) on
C 
a home  (C major) made visa
Dm 
C 
But false papers  (D minor) only gets  (C major) you in jail
Am 
 (A minor) It's

Verse 5
the real thing, the real thing
Dm 
C 
Nothing  (D minor) but the real  (C major) thing,
Am 
C 
Am 
it's  (A minor)  (C major)  (A minor) real
Dm 
It's the real thing, the  (D minor) real thing
F 
C 
Nothing  (F major) but  (C major) the real thing, it's real
It's real, yeah, so real, yeah
Dm 
Life wears  (D minor) 

Verse 6
C 
 (C major) a smile on its face
Dm 
C 
But it comes  (D minor) with  (C major) a sting in its tail
Dm 
C 
Make  (D minor) believe  (C major) fables have their place
But only a fool, only a fool
Only a fool believes fairy tales

Verse 7
C 
I heard all  (C major) the lies that they'll tell ya
"Phone me, baby,
the check's in the mail"
Dm 
F 
C 
Well, as  (D minor) fantasy,  (F major) it  (C major) might please ya
But as the real thing,
Am 
Dm 
it  (A minor) does nothing but  (D minor) fail
C 
It's the real  (C major) thing,

Verse 8
Dm 
C 
the real thing  (D minor)  (C major) 
Am 
Nothing but the real  (A minor) thing, it's real
It's the real thing, the real thing
C 
Nothing but  (C major) the real thing, it's real

Verse 9
Am 
C 
So real, it's  (A minor)  (C major) the, oh yeah, real,
Am 
 (A minor) yeah
Dm 
Am 
It's  (D minor) real, yeah so  (A minor) real, yeah
It's real, yeah and so real, so real, yeah
It's real, yeah so real, yeah