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Chris August I Wanna Be Real
Into:   A   DBass: G#,A,E  
AI’ve Enever said this before
I’ve never opened tD2hat door so wide
ANo Eone else is around
There is no good reD2ason for me to hide
F#And I, I wD2ant to be real
Chorus:
ASo I’m throwin Eout words I don’t fully understand 
I could be talkin F#to myself but I 
don’t think I am
ECause you’re always there through the fight
DSavin Dmy heart from the doubt inside     
A     D
AI’m not tEhe man that I was
I usDed to see you in highs and lows
ABut Enow I keep on believing
And Deven if I can’t see, you show
F#And ID2, I want to be real oh, yea
Chorus
Bridge:
F#And DI, I want to be real x2
F#There’s too much at steak and im 
tired Dof fakin I just wanna be real I 
Djust wanna be real. X2
F#There’s too much at steak I don’t 
care Dif I Break I just wanna be real 
I wannD2a be real
Chorus
You’re always right by my side
AI’ve never said this before 
I’ve never oDpened the door so wide
But I think it’s time

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Want To Be Real

by Chris August

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Chris August I Wanna Be Real

A D G# A E

Into: Bass: ,,

A E

I’ve never said this before

I’ve never opened that door so wide

A E

No one else is around

There is no good reason for me to hide

F# D2

And I, I want to be real

Chorus:

A E

So I’m throwin out words I don’t fully understand

I could be talkin to myself but I

don’t think I am

Cause you’re always there through the fight

D D

Savin my heart from the doubt inside

A D

A E

I’m not the man that I was

I used to see you in highs and lows

A E

But now I keep on believing

And even if I can’t see, you show

F# D2

And I, I want to be real oh, yea

Chorus

Bridge:

F# D

And I, I want to be real x2

There’s too much at steak and im

tired of fakin I just wanna be real I

just wanna be real. X2

There’s too much at steak I don’t

care if I Break I just wanna be real

I wanna be real

Chorus

You’re always right by my side

I’ve never said this before

I’ve never opened the door so wide

But I think it’s time

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