Real Life

[G]   [D/F#]  [C]

[G]I still see the kid in me
[D/F#]Building castles by the sea
[C]And skipping rocks across those ocean waves                                     [G]
[G]Still building buoy rafts
[D/F#]And sailing on the Kachemak
[C]And running wild across Alaskan plains                                  [G]

[Bm]And all my yesterdays don'[C]t seem so long ago now  [G/D]         [D]
[Bm]And all those early years [C]
[G/D]will always seem like home somehow [D]

And it was real life, an[G]d it was real good                 [D/F#]
It was a place I [C]took for granted
'cause I just never unde[G/D]rstood                      [D]
And there was real pain, there w[G]ere real tears                          [D/F#]
But the way my Ma[C]ma loved me
somehow carried all thos[G/D]e years                     [D]
It was real life[G],       [D/F#]      [C]   Oh it was real life [G]     [D/F#]            [C]

[G]I still see the kid in jeans
[D/F#]But now he's standing next to me
[C]Never thought that I'd have boys to raise                                       [G]
[G]I don't have it figured out
[D/F#]It still feels like playing house
[C]And it's something I am learning everyday                                       [G]

[Bm]And all of my tod[C]ays seem like they're rushing by so fast   [G/D]                       [D]
A[Bm]nd every time I l[C]ook around I pray that it [G/D]will last                [D]

And it's real li[G]fe, and it's real good          [D/F#]
And sometimes I take it all for gra[C]nted
even though I[G/D] never should                   [D]
And there is real pain, an[G]d there are real tears                        [D/F#]
But the way my ba[C]by loves me
somehow carries all thes[G/D]e years                     [D]
And this is real life   [G]           [D/F#]

[Em]  [C]  [G]  [D]          [C]

[G]When I'm old and turning grey
[D/F#]And my boys have moved away
[C]When it's time for me to say goodbye                                    [G]
[G]I hope I leave a legacy
[D/F#]I hope that God is proud of me
[C]I hope that I leave something good behind                                       [G]

[Bm]And all my yester[C]days are flashing right before my [G/D]eyes                                 [D]
An[Bm]d I'm standing in God's presen[C]ce when I finally realize   [G/D]                [D]

This is real lif[G]e, this is real good      [D/F#]
It's a place[C] I took for granted 'cause I just never understood                   [G/D]                          [D]
And there'll be no pain, and the[G]re'll be no tears                         [D/F#]
'Cause the way my Father[C] loves me is the reason I am here                          [G/D]                                        [D]
This is real lif[G]e, oh th[D/F#]is is [C]real life              [G]                  [D/F#]                         [C]
Oh this is real [G]life    [D/F#]          [C]