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Real Life/Alibis
capo 3rd
Intro:   C   F   C  F  
Verse 1:
CSaturday morning a C7while before daylight I’m 
FLying here hoping for Crain 
By toGmmorrow FI could be Canywhere 
CPassing streetcars Gmalive without breathing 
I’m Flost in the city agCain 
Without a Bbpurpose FI can’t believe Canything 
Pre-Chorus:
And I know it’s Fnot my Amplace 
To be Gasking these Cquestions 
but I Fcan’t just Cchase 
every Bbworld that I Fsee because
Chorus:
CThis isn’t Freal life 
CThis Gisn’t Emhappening Am  
Seems so Dmbelievable Am  
GBut it’s not the real Cthing
This isn’t Freal life C  
It’s Gjust some Emenormous Amlie
And DmI know I’ll be Ffine this isn’t Greal Clife 
Verse 2:  (see above chords)
Such a mystery 
Am I supposed to believe these illusions are real 
Out of focus, step out of character 
Into a world I can feel 
Maybe it’s only a sense of propriety 
Keeping us grounded at all 
Or we’d run screaming 
Into the morning and out of control 
Pre-Chorus 2:  
GMaybe FI can find some Cpiece of a world I Gcan handle 
EmOr a Fcommon line, Gany one sign 
E7All a part of Ame 
Chorus 2:
AThis isn’t Dreal life A  
EThis isn’t happC#m9ening
Seems so bF#melievable Bm  
But F#mit’s not the Ereal Athing
This isn’t Dmreal lifAe 
It’s Ejust an enormous C#m9lie 
And F#mwe’ll be Bmfine if Dwe can find a Ereal life 
Outro:  
F#m E A D F#m E D E
Intro:
 F#   F#   F#   F#   F#  F#...
Bagpipes:
 F#   F#   Bm   Bm   E   E   Bm   Bmx2
F# G A F# G A
Verse 1:
BListen 
The Gworld is Clistening Bin
Every Gname and F#number 
BSuddenly I Gcan’t beClieve my Beyes 
We’re gonna Gneed those AalibF#is G  A  F#  G  A  
BHoping it Gall just Cfades aBway
Maybe they’re Gall just F#paper 
BAirplanes and GimagiCnary cBries
They’re Gnot your A7neighbour 
Chorus:
DWe all have our aGlibis
DWe’ve got our reasons and our Greasonable words 
But we Aall just hide our eyes and make Gbelieve we never heard 
And F#mwhen the sirens rise
We’re Ggonna need those Aalibis 
Bagpipes 2:   F#   F#   Bm   Bm   E   E   Bm  Bm  
             F# G A F# G A
Vs. 2
BHelpless and Ghopeless Con the Bscreen 
Maybe anGother F#channel
BMight change the GdiaClogue
To Btalk about it Gdoesn’t hurt at A7all 
Chorus: 
DWe all have our Galibis
WDe’ve got our reasons and our Greasonable words 
We Atalk and talk as though there’s nothing Gto it
F#mWe can change it all 
As Glong as we don’t A7have to do it 
DWe all have our Galibis 
DWe’ve got our reasons and we 
GLie and lie and lie 
DWe all have our Galibis 
DWe’ve got our reasons 
GWe’ve got our reasons 
And if we’re Anot afraid to Gfall 
We’re not Alistening at Gall 
And F#mwhen the silence fills the sky 
We're Ggonna need those A7alibis 
Outro:  D  
What does it matter if they're all lies

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Real Lifealibis

by Enter the Haggis

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m9

F#m

Real Life/Alibis

capo 3rd

C F C F

Intro:

Verse 1:

C C7

Saturday morning a while before daylight I’m

F C

Lying here hoping for rain

Gm F C

By tomorrow I could be anywhere

C Gm

Passing streetcars alive without breathing

F C

I’m lost in the city again

Bb F C

Without a purpose I can’t believe anything

Pre-Chorus:

F Am

And I know it’s not my place

G C

To be asking these questions

F C

but I can’t just chase

Bb F

every world that I see because

Chorus:

C F

This isn’t real life

C G Em Am

This isn’t happening

Dm Am

Seems so believable

G C

But it’s not the real thing

F C

This isn’t real life

G Em Am

It’s just some enormous lie

Dm F G C

And I know I’ll be fine this isn’t real life

Verse 2: (see above chords)

Such a mystery

Am I supposed to believe these illusions are real

Out of focus, step out of character

Into a world I can feel

Maybe it’s only a sense of propriety

Keeping us grounded at all

Or we’d run screaming

Into the morning and out of control

Pre-Chorus 2:

G F C G

Maybe I can find some piece of a world I can handle

Em F G

Or a common line, any one sign

E7 A

All a part of me

Chorus 2:

A D A

This isn’t real life

E C#m9

This isn’t happening

F#m Bm

Seems so believable

F#m E A

But it’s not the real thing

Dm A

This isn’t real life

E C#m9

It’s just an enormous lie

F#m Bm D E

And we’ll be fine if we can find a real life

Outro:

F#m E A D F#m E D E

Intro:

F# F# F# F# F# F#

...

Bagpipes:

F# F# Bm Bm E E Bm Bm

F# G A F# G A

Verse 1:

Listen

G C B

The world is listening in

G F#

Every name and number

B G C B

Suddenly I can’t believe my eyes

G A F# G A F# G A

We’re gonna need those alibis

B G C B

Hoping it all just fades away

G F#

Maybe they’re all just paper

B G C B

Airplanes and imaginary cries

G A7

They’re not your neighbour

Chorus:

D G

We all have our alibis

D G

We’ve got our reasons and our reasonable words

A G

But we all just hide our eyes and make believe we never heard

F#m

And when the sirens rise

G A

We’re gonna need those alibis

F# F# Bm Bm E E Bm Bm

Bagpipes 2:

F# G A F# G A

Vs. 2

B G C B

Helpless and hopeless on the screen

G F#

Maybe another channel

B G C

Might change the dialogue

B G A7

To talk about it doesn’t hurt at all

Chorus:

D G

We all have our alibis

D G

We’ve got our reasons and our reasonable words

A G

We talk and talk as though there’s nothing to it

F#m

We can change it all

G A7

As long as we don’t have to do it

D G

We all have our alibis

We’ve got our reasons and we

Lie and lie and lie

D G

We all have our alibis

We’ve got our reasons

A G

And if we’re not afraid to fall

A G

We’re not listening at all

F#m

And when the silence fills the sky

G A7

We're gonna need those alibis

Outro:

What does it matter if they're all lies

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