{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":351981,"song":"Real Love","artist":"John Lennon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11555148-real-love-chords-by-john-lennon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/351981?type=chord","rating":4.88069,"votes":86,"content":"\r\n Artist's Name - John Lennon\r\n Song Title - Real Love\r\n Album - Acoustic\r\n Approximate Song Length - 4 min 4 sec\r\n Release Date - November 2, 2004\r\n\r\nThe Story Behind the Tab:\r\n\r\n John Lennon is the man. End of story.\r\n\r\nNotes:\r\n\r\n Perhaps the most obvious thing that you will notice about the song is that it is \r\nin flat tuning.\r\nIf you're unfamiliar with it, simply tune your guitar down half of a step, from an E to \r\nEb, an A to an Ab,\r\nand so on. This flat tuning gives the song a somewhat haunting sound to it. This, \r\nwith the fact that\r\nit was recorded as a homemade demo on old equipment made it fairly difficult to notate. \r\nmany demos, this\r\ndemo lacks symmetry. There are bridges, choruses, and verses thrown in all over the \r\nAfter all, Lennon\r\nwas experimenting. And if you know anything about Lennon, you know that he if fond of \r\nmaking up\r\nlyrics as he goes along, and forgetting entire verses. One thing that he does is omit, \r\nchange, if only\r\nsubtly, chords. If you'll notice, he only plays a G/F# in the first and last verse. Go \r\nAlso, the G6\r\nand A6 in the second chorus are substituted with an A* and G*. These are meant to \r\nsimple barre\r\nchords. Besides the issue of sound quality, it should be noted that there is a fade in \r\nthe beginning and a\r\nfade out at the end. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, I hope I do it \r\nPlease, feel free\r\nto contact me!\r\n\r\n[tab]Transcribed By: Nathan Bartman\r\nE-mail Address: NateBartman@yahoo.com\r\nAIM Name: Nate Bartman[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n All your little boys and girls\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch]\r\n\r\n Living in this crazy world\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n All they really needed from you\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n Is maybe some love\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n All the little girls and boys\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch]\r\n\r\n Playin' with their little toys\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n All they really needed from you\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n Is maybe some love\r\n\r\n[Bridge] [ch]C9[/ch]\r\n\r\n Why must they be alone\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n Why must they be alone\r\n\r\n[Chorus] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]A6[/ch]\r\n\r\n Yes it's real\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]A6[/ch]\r\n\r\n Well it's real life\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n (Whistled)\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch]\r\n\r\n (Whistled)\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n (Whistled)\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n (Whistled)\r\n\r\n[Bridge] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch]\r\n\r\n I don't expect you to understand\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch]\r\n\r\n The kingdom of Heaven is in your hand\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch]\r\n\r\n I don't expect you to wait from your dreams\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch]\r\n\r\n Too late for crying now it seems\r\n\r\n[Verse 3] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n All your little plans and schemes\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch]\r\n\r\n Nothing but a bunch of dreams\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n All you really needed to do\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n Is maybe some love\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch]\r\n\r\n Why must we be alone\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n Why must we be alone\r\n\r\n[Chorus] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]*\r\n\r\n It's real life\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]* [ch]A[/ch]*\r\n\r\n Yes it's real life\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n All your little boys and girls\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch]\r\n\r\n Living in the crazy world\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n All they really needed from you\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n Is maybe some love\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n All the little girls and boys\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Faug[/ch]\r\n\r\n Playin' with their little toys\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n All they really needed from you\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n Is maybe some love\r\n\r\n[Bridge] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C9[/ch]\r\n\r\n Why must they be alone\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n Why must they be alone\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]A6[/ch]\r\n\r\n Yes it's real life\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]A6[/ch]\r\n\r\n Well it's real life\r\n\r\n\r\n\"I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.\"\r\n\r\n - Igor Stravinsky","plain_text":"Artist's Name - John Lennon\n Song Title - Real Love\n Album - Acoustic\n Approximate Song Length - 4 min 4 sec\n Release Date - November 2, 2004\n\nThe Story Behind the Tab:\n\n John Lennon is the man. End of story.\n\nNotes:\n\n Perhaps the most obvious thing that you will notice about the song is that it is \nin flat tuning.\nIf you're unfamiliar with it, simply tune your guitar down half of a step, from an E to \nEb, an A to an Ab,\nand so on. This flat tuning gives the song a somewhat haunting sound to it. This, \nwith the fact that\nit was recorded as a homemade demo on old equipment made it fairly difficult to notate. \nmany demos, this\ndemo lacks symmetry. There are bridges, choruses, and verses thrown in all over the \nAfter all, Lennon\nwas experimenting. And if you know anything about Lennon, you know that he if fond of \nmaking up\nlyrics as he goes along, and forgetting entire verses. One thing that he does is omit, \nchange, if only\nsubtly, chords. If you'll notice, he only plays a G/F# in the first and last verse. Go \nAlso, the G6\nand A6 in the second chorus are substituted with an A* and G*. These are meant to \nsimple barre\nchords. Besides the issue of sound quality, it should be noted that there is a fade in \nthe beginning and a\nfade out at the end. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, I hope I do it \nPlease, feel free\nto contact me!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro] D Dmaj7\n\n\n D Dmaj7\n\n\n D C9 Asus4 A\n\n[Verse 1] D Dmaj7\n\n All your little boys and girls\n\n\n Bm Faug\n\n Living in this crazy world\n\n\n G G/F# Em7 A\n\n All they really needed from you\n\n\n D C9 D\n\n Is maybe some love\n\n\n Dmaj7\n\n All the little girls and boys\n\n\n Bm Faug\n\n Playin' with their little toys\n\n\n G G/F# Em7 A\n\n All they really needed from you\n\n\n D C9 D\n\n Is maybe some love\n\n[Bridge] C9\n\n Why must they be alone\n\n\n D Gm\n\n Why must they be alone\n\n[Chorus] D Bm G6 A6\n\n Yes it's real\n\n\n D Bm G6 A6\n\n Well it's real life\n\n[Verse 2] D Dmaj7\n\n (Whistled)\n\n\n Bm Faug\n\n (Whistled)\n\n\n G Em7 A\n\n (Whistled)\n\n\n D C9 D\n\n (Whistled)\n\n[Bridge] D C9\n\n I don't expect you to understand\n\n\n D C9\n\n The kingdom of Heaven is in your hand\n\n\n D C9\n\n I don't expect you to wait from your dreams\n\n\n D C9\n\n Too late for crying now it seems\n\n[Verse 3] D Dmaj7\n\n All your little plans and schemes\n\n\n Bm Faug\n\n Nothing but a bunch of dreams\n\n\n G Em7 A\n\n All you really needed to do\n\n\n D C9 D\n\n Is maybe some love\n\n\n[Bridge] D C9\n\n Why must we be alone\n\n\n D Gm\n\n Why must we be alone\n\n[Chorus] D Bm G* A*\n\n It's real life\n\n\n D Bm G* A*\n\n Yes it's real life\n\n\n[Verse 4] D Dmaj7\n\n All your little boys and girls\n\n\n Bm Faug\n\n Living in the crazy world\n\n\n G G/F# Em7 A\n\n All they really needed from you\n\n\n D C9 D\n\n Is maybe some love\n\n\n Dmaj7\n\n All the little girls and boys\n\n\n Bm Faug\n\n Playin' with their little toys\n\n\n G G/F# Em7 A\n\n All they really needed from you\n\n\n D C9 D\n\n Is maybe some love\n\n[Bridge] D C9\n\n Why must they be alone\n\n\n D Gm\n\n Why must they be alone\n\n\n\n[Outro] D Bm G6 A6\n\n Yes it's real life\n\n\n D Bm G6 A6\n\n Well it's real life\n\n\n\"I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.\"\n\n - Igor Stravinsky","chords":["E","Eb","A","Ab","G/F","G6","A6","G","D","Dmaj7","C9","Asus4","Bm","Faug","G/F#","Em7","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}