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"Real Life"
Jake Owen
2015
Capo 4
[Intro]
 1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+
|        | G   G   G   G|
|   C   E/B|  Am     G|x2
[Verse 1]
Well CI grew up in a E/Breal town
Where the Amprom queen had a Gplastic crown 
And we Creally did just E/Bdrive around 
‘Cause there Amwasn’t shit to Gdo
We Cdidn’t know we were E/Breal broke 
AmDaddy rolled them Greal smokes
We drank CRC, no E/Breal Coke
But our Amneighbor had a Gpool
  CWe got green E/Bgrass and two Amtrees 
(Whoa Goh oh oh oh)
  CBut it ain’t E/Blike what’s on TAmV 
(Whoa Goh oh oh oh)
[Chorus]
This is Creal Elife in the Amreal Fworld
We ain’t Ctalking to no Emodels
We got Amreal Fgirls
We get Creal Elow, we get Amreal Fhigh
It ain’t Call good Ebaby but it’s Amall Fright 
Real life
|   C   E/B|  Am     G|x2
[Verse 2]
We got a Cdive bar with a E/Breal band 
They play Amtoo loud and they’re Greal bad
But we’re Creal bored so we E/Bstill dance
And we Amstay out way too Glate
Hit the CWaffle House for some E/Breal food
But that Amwaitress, she’s Greal rude
She got Creal problems but E/Bwe do too
So we Amtip her anyGway
CThat’s just the E/Bway that it Amis 
(Whoa Goh oh oh oh)
CThat’s just the E/Bway that we Amlive
(Whoa Goh oh oh oh)
[Chorus]
This is Creal Elife in the Amreal Fworld
We ain’t Ctalking to no Emodels
We got Amreal Fgirls
We get Creal Elow, we get Amreal Fhigh
It ain’t Call good Ebaby but it’s Amall Fright 
Real life
|   C   E/B|  Am     G|x2
Yeah we’re livin’ real life
[Verse 3]
We find Creal love, get E/Breal hurt 
Fall Amreal hard, shake Goff the dirt 
CPray to God, let’s E/Bmake a deal 
AmI guess it Gjust got real
|   C   E/B|  Am     G|x2
[Outro]
We get Creal Elow, we get Amreal Fhigh
It ain’t Call good Ebaby but it’s Amall Fright 
Real Clife
E/BThis ain’t no Amfairy tale, Git’s real life
|   C   E/B|  Am     G|x3
|       C|

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Real Life

by Jake Owen

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

E/B

"Real Life"

Jake Owen

2015

Capo 4

[Intro]

1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+

G G G G

| | |

C E/B Am G

| | |x2

[Verse 1]

C E/B

Well I grew up in a real town

Am G

Where the prom queen had a plastic crown

C E/B

And we really did just drive around

Am G

‘Cause there wasn’t shit to do

C E/B

We didn’t know we were real broke

Am G

Daddy rolled them real smokes

C E/B

We drank RC, no real Coke

Am G

But our neighbor had a pool

C E/B Am

We got green grass and two trees

(Whoa oh oh oh oh)

C E/B Am

But it ain’t like what’s on TV

(Whoa oh oh oh oh)

[Chorus]

C E Am F

This is real life in the real world

C E

We ain’t talking to no models

Am F

We got real girls

C E Am F

We get real low, we get real high

C E Am F

It ain’t all good baby but it’s all right

Real life

C E/B Am G

| | |x2

[Verse 2]

C E/B

We got a dive bar with a real band

Am G

They play too loud and they’re real bad

C E/B

But we’re real bored so we still dance

Am G

And we stay out way too late

C E/B

Hit the Waffle House for some real food

Am G

But that waitress, she’s real rude

C E/B

She got real problems but we do too

Am G

So we tip her anyway

C E/B Am

That’s just the way that it is

(Whoa oh oh oh oh)

C E/B Am

That’s just the way that we live

(Whoa oh oh oh oh)

[Chorus]

C E Am F

This is real life in the real world

C E

We ain’t talking to no models

Am F

We got real girls

C E Am F

We get real low, we get real high

C E Am F

It ain’t all good baby but it’s all right

Real life

C E/B Am G

| | |x2

Yeah we’re livin’ real life

[Verse 3]

C E/B

We find real love, get real hurt

Am G

Fall real hard, shake off the dirt

C E/B

Pray to God, let’s make a deal

Am G

I guess it just got real

C E/B Am G

| | |x2

[Outro]

C E Am F

We get real low, we get real high

C E Am F

It ain’t all good baby but it’s all right

Real life

E/B Am G

This ain’t no fairy tale, it’s real life

C E/B Am G

| | |x3

| |

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