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Real Life

Joan As Police Woman
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Before every  chord, an  note is played.
 Before the first  chord, an  is played too, but before the next s,  an  is played.
 the last ,  an  is played again to come back to  note -  chord.
 The  is just a regular  that adds a fourth  note, which is a sixth counting from ,
 it's an .
 On guitar, you can play it like this:
 e 2
 B 2
 G 2
 D 2
 A 0
 E x
 Chord progressions:
 x2
 x2
 x2
 x2
 With lyrics:
I  freeze my hands as I close  the door
 To wait  in line so I can wait  some more
 And it's true  what they say  about love
 Yes it's true  what they say  about life
 And I’m taking  it for all  it's worth
I  watch the numbers register on the postal  scale
 I think  of your hands and calculate
 How a man,  desired, feels the weight of a letter
 It's true  what they say  about me
 That I’m out  of my mind  but I think  that you like  it
 So take  the chance
Be  reckless  with me
'Cause  I’m real lifee
And  you're real lifee
 And we're  real lifeeeeeee
 We're  real  life
Is  it pleasing
Six  hundred thousand miles and all this solitude
I  know what is pleasing
 What I’ll find  beneath your new pair of glasses
I've  never included  a name  in a song
 But I’m changing  my ways  for you  Jonathan
I  need you to know
 I need  you to know
That  I’m real  life
 By Facundo Manuel Quiroga, corrections/suggestions are welcome at
 (and i'm sure there are corrections to be made, some of the chords are not exactly the
 that are played).

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Readable chord sheet for Real Life by Joan As Police Woman

Before every [A6] chord, an [E] note is played.
Before the first [Bm] chord, an [E] is played too, but before the next [Bm]s, an [F#] is played.
the last [Bm], an [E] is played again to come back to [E] note - [A6] chord.
The [A6] is just a regular [A] that adds a fourth [F#] note, which is a sixth counting from [A],
it's an [A6].

On guitar, you can play it like this:
e [A6]2
B 2
G 2
D 2
A 0
E x

Chord progressions:

[A6] [Bm] x2
[C] [Bb] [Am]
[C] [Bb] [Ab] [F#]
[F] [Dm]
[Dm] [E] [A6]

[A6] [Bm] x2
[C] [Bb] [Am]
[C] [Bb] [Ab] [F#]
[F] [Dm] [C] [C7] [F]

[F] [C] [F] x2
[Dm] [C] [Bb] [Am] [Gm] [F]
[Dm] [E] [A6]

[A6] [Bm] x2
[C] [Bb] [Am]
[C] [Bb] [Ab] [F#]
[F] [Dm] [C] [C7]
[F] [C] [F]

With lyrics:

[A6]I freeze my hands as I c[Bm]lose the door
To [A6]wait in line so I can wa[Bm]it some more

And it's tr[C]ue what they [Bb]say about l[Am]ove
Yes it's tr[C]ue what they [Bb]say about li[Ab]fe

And I’m t[F#]aking it for a[F]ll it's [Dm]worth
[Dm]  [E] [A6]

[A6]I watch the numbers register on the pos[Bm]tal scale
I t[A6]hink of your hands and calculate
How a m[Bm]an, desired, feels the weight of a letter

It's tr[C]ue what they sa[Bb]y about [Am]me
That I’m [C]out of my mi[Bb]nd but I [Ab]think that you [F#]like it

So t[F]ake the cha[Dm]nce
[C]Be r[C7]eckless with [F]me

[F]'Cause I’m real life[C]e [F]
[F]And you're real life[C]e [F]
And [Dm]we're real l[C]if[Bb]eee[Am]eeee
W[Gm]e're real[F] life
[Dm] [E] [A6]

[A6]Is it pleasing
[Bm]Six hundred thousand miles and all this solitude
[A6]I know what is pleasing
What I’ll f[Bm]ind beneath your new pair of glasses

[C]I've never i[Bb]ncluded a [Am]name in a [C]song
But I’m c[Bb]hanging my [Ab]ways for [F#]you Jonathan

[F]I need you to [Dm]know
I [C]need you to kn[C7]ow
[F]That I’m r[C]eal li[F]fe

By Facundo Manuel Quiroga, corrections/suggestions are welcome at
(and i'm sure there are corrections to be made, some of the chords are not exactly the
that are played).

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