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                          The Real Life-John Mellencamp
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Tabbed by:Nick V.

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Capo II

[Intro]

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A E B  A E C#m

A E B  A E C#m

B
Suzanne divorced her husband
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She got the keys to the car and the home
B
But her friends were really his friends
                                    C#m
No one stops by to see her much anymore

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So one night she goes back down to the old haunts
B                              C#m
That once upon a time were her home
B                                     C#m
She didn't know nobody out there no more
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And the whole experience just made her feel so old, she says

A       E       B       
I want to live the real life
A           E         B
I want to live my life close to the bone
A           E              B
Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean
A           E               B
I want to sit around my house and watch TV
E                C#m  E                       C#m
I want the real life, I want to live the real life

B C#m

B                             C#m
Jackson, Jackson, was a good kid
B                                          C#m
He had four years of college and a Bachelor's 
B                             C#m
Started workin' when he was 21
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Got fed up and quit when he was 43

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He said, "My whole life, I've done what I'm supposed to do
B                                C#m
Now I'd like to maybe do something for myself
B                                C#m
And just as soon as I figure out what that is
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You can bet your life, I'm gonna give it hell with

A       E       B       
I want to live the real life
A           E         B
I want to live my life close to the bone
A           E              B
Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean
A           E               B
I want to sit around my house and watch TV
E                C#m  E                       C#m
I want the real life, I want to live the real life


A       E       B       
I want to live the real life
A           E         B
I want to live my life close to the bone
A           E              B
Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean
A           E               B
I want to sit around my house and watch TV
E                C#m  E                       C#m
I want the real life, I want to live the real life

A       E       B       
I want to live the real life
A           E         B             C#m
I want to live my life close to the bone