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Real Love

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                  Real Love – John Lennon
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Written by: John Lennon
Recorded in 1979
                                                  CD 2
From: "Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon" 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
This is a chord sheet for the piano demo that was used for the Beatles version.
Listen to the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze7MjZmKZRc
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
A/C#      x-4-2-2-2-0
F#m/C#    x-4-4-2-2-2
C#aug     x-4-3-2-2-x
Gm        3-x-0-3-3-x
Gm6       3-x-0-3-3-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Lennon: “Take 4 ...”)
[Intro]
  Dm A/C#Dm A/C#
|  |  |  |  |
[Verse 1]
D                       F#m/C#
All my little plans and schemes
Bm                       C#aug
Lost like some forgotten dream
G                           Em
Seems like all I really was doing
A                DD7G    DD7G    DD7G    DD7G
               |      |      |      |      |
 Was waiting for you
[Verse 2]
D                          F#m/C#
Just like little girls and boys
Bm                            C#aug
Playing with their little toys
G                               Em
Seems like all they really were doing
A                 DD7G    DD7G    DD7G    DD7G
                |      |      |      |      |
 Was waiting for love
[Bridge]
D                 Gm
Don't need to be alone
D              Gm  Gm6 Gm
No need to be alone
[Chorus]
D     Bm G             A           D
                                 [  ]
  It's real love, yes it’s rea-ea-ea-ea-eal
D         Bm G         A           Dm
                                 [  ]
  Yes it's real love, it's rea-ea-ea-ea-eal
[Interlude]
  Dm A/C#Dm A/C#
|  |  |  |  |
[Verse] (instrumental)
  D  F#m/C#Bm C#aug
|  |  |  |  | 
  G    EmA  DG    DD7G
|    |   |     |      |
  DD7G    DD7G
|      |      |
[Verse 3]
D                       F#m/C#
From this moment on I know
 Bm                          C#aug
Exactly where my life will go
G                           Em
Seems like all I really was doing
A                 DD7G    DD7G    DD7G    DD7G
                |      |      |      |      |
 Was waiting for love
[Verse 4]
D                           F#m/C#
Thought I'd been in love before,
    Bm                      C#aug
But in my heart I wanted more
G                           Em
Seems like all I really was doing
A                 DD7G    DD7G    DD7G    DD7G
                |      |      |      |      |
 Was waiting for you
[Bridge]
D                 Gm6
Don't need to be afraid
D              Gm6
No need to be afraid
[Chorus]
D     Bm G             A           D
                                 [  ]
  It's real love, yes it’s rea-ea-ea-ea-eal
D         Bm G         A           Dm
                                 [  ]
  Yes it's real love, it's rea-ea-ea-ea-eal
[Coda]
  Dm A/C#Dm A/C#
|  |  |  |  |
  Dm A/C#D
|  |  | 

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Free chords for Real Love by John Lennon. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Real Love – John Lennon
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: John Lennon
Recorded in 1979
From: "Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon" [CD 2]
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
This is a chord sheet for the piano demo that was used for the Beatles version.
Listen to the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze7MjZmKZRc
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Lennon: “Take 4 ...”)
[Intro]
| Dm | A/C# | Dm | A/C# |
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
| Dm | A/C# | Dm | A/C# |
[Verse] (instrumental)
| D | F#m/C# | Bm | C#aug | 
| G   | Em A | D G   | D D7 G   |
| D D7 G   | D D7 G   |
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Coda]
| Dm | A/C# | Dm | A/C# |
| Dm | A/C# | D

Real Love Chords by John Lennon

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