The Real Things chords by Brent Bourgeois

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Verse 1
Am 
I   want to know about
the real things important to me
Like beauty and love and family
G 
Am 
I carry the words upon my knee
And execute the letter of it faithfully
C 
And when I think about
D 
Am 
getting out of my head,
C 
D 
Am 
I pick up a book and I get on back to bed.
C 
D 
Now we all, boys, we had our fun
F 
D 
Attempted the setting of the rising sun
F 
G 
But hey, boys, it's time to go on home
Am 
I want to know about
the real things important to me
G 
Am 
That beauty and love and family
I carry the words upon my knee
And execute the letter of it faithfully
C 
Into the heart of a man
D 
Am 
About to go blind
G 
C 
His wife has gone out,
D 
Am 
but the baby's in the back of his mind
C 
D 
She enters the room, the blinds are drawn
F 
The baby's too young to
D 
know what's going on
F 
But close your little eyes,
G 
cause there's a bad scene
Am 
happenin' here
The real thing's important to me,
that beauty and love and family
D 
I carry the words upon my knee,
Am 
and execute the letter of the faithfully
D 
C 
D 
Am 
And read around things important to me
Like beauty and love and family
I carry the words upon my knee
And execute the letter of it faithfully
C 
D 
Am 
C 
D 
Am 
C 
D 
F 
D 
F 
Now what's a man to do
G 
Am 
when this whole world comes undone?
D 
I want to know about
Am 
the little things important to me
Hey, beauty and love and family
I carry the words upon my knee
And execute the letter of it faithfully
G 
C 
D 
Am 
I said the little, little things important to me
May beauty and love and family
Carry the words upon my knee
Execute the letter of a praiseworthy
C 
D 
Am 
I send a prayer of thanks important to me
May beauty and love and family
Carry the words upon my knee