{"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":496274,"song":"Real Thing","artist":"Warren Haynes","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11564883-real-thing-chords-by-warren-haynes/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/496274?type=chord","rating":4.44248,"votes":13,"content":"Tabbed by (Derek B.)\r\nThe verses are for the most part Picked, The chorus, Break are strummed.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                \r\nHe wore a song around his neck[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike some medal of honor[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D9[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe carried his wisdom like a knife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nAn empty pocket was a temporary chain[/tab]\r\nD9addB                  \r\nKnowing you've got it coming\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAin't no crime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEvery blue note that rolled off his tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D9[/ch]                                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou could feel his soul twisting right in two[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNobody knew where he came from[/tab]\r\n[tab](strum)[ch]D9[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch](strum)\r\nAh but everybody knew, everybody knew[/tab]\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          \r\nHe was the real thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           \r\nNo doubt about it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe kind that you remember when they're gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]     \r\nThe real thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nPut here for a reason[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]      \r\nWe knew someday the whole world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch] \r\nWas going to know his name[/tab]\r\n                Am (back to picking)\r\nHe was the real thing\r\n\r\nSame chords as verses\r\nShe whispered in his ear, and he heard the thunder\r\nSinging 'bout a world he never knew\r\nHead spinning round, he began to wonder\r\nWas he made to love her, or born to sing the blues\r\n\r\nHe searched inside him for an answer\r\nBut all he found was a troubled mind\r\nHe left her somewhere on the blue highway\r\nOh it wasn't just another love that he left behind\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt was the real thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo doubt about it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe kind that you remember when it's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe real thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] \r\nNot like passion's fire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut a burning, smoldering, eternal flame[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIt was the real thing[/tab]\r\n\r\nBreak: \r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd sometimes at night he longs for her whisper[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut he hides from the dawn, 'cause he always wakes to find her gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Back to picking verses): \r\n\r\nIn some broken down dressing room in some major city\r\nThe thunder plays an old familiar tune\r\nHe spies a face of a distant angel\r\nOutside, beneath the halo moon\r\n\r\nFinger on the trigger, needle in the vein\r\nOne more bullet, it might be your last ride\r\nThis is ain't no no-show, this ain't no nervous breakdown\r\nAnd it sure as hell ain't the time to let the fool decide\r\n\r\nThis is the real thing\r\nNo doubt about it\r\nWho cares if they love you and you're gone\r\nThis is the real thing\r\nSo you were put here for a reason\r\nBut what gives you the right to quit when you're tired\r\nAnyway boy, this ain't no game\r\nThis is the real thing\r\n\r\nHe wore a song around his neck\r\nLike some medal of honor\r\nHe carried his wisdom like a knife","plain_text":"Tabbed by (Derek B.)\nThe verses are for the most part Picked, The chorus, Break are strummed.\n\n\n\n\n\nD9addB                  \nKnowing you've got it coming\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                Am (back to picking)\nHe was the real thing\n\nSame chords as verses\nShe whispered in his ear, and he heard the thunder\nSinging 'bout a world he never knew\nHead spinning round, he began to wonder\nWas he made to love her, or born to sing the blues\n\nHe searched inside him for an answer\nBut all he found was a troubled mind\nHe left her somewhere on the blue highway\nOh it wasn't just another love that he left behind\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreak: \n\n\n\n(Back to picking verses): \n\nIn some broken down dressing room in some major city\nThe thunder plays an old familiar tune\nHe spies a face of a distant angel\nOutside, beneath the halo moon\n\nFinger on the trigger, needle in the vein\nOne more bullet, it might be your last ride\nThis is ain't no no-show, this ain't no nervous breakdown\nAnd it sure as hell ain't the time to let the fool decide\n\nThis is the real thing\nNo doubt about it\nWho cares if they love you and you're gone\nThis is the real thing\nSo you were put here for a reason\nBut what gives you the right to quit when you're tired\nAnyway boy, this ain't no game\nThis is the real thing\n\nHe wore a song around his neck\nLike some medal of honor\nHe carried his wisdom like a knife","chords":["B","Am","G","D9","Em7","Dm","C","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}