The Real Thing
The Real Thing

The Real Thing chords by Warren Haynes

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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  • Am

  • G

  • D

  • F

  • Dm

  • C

  • E

  • Bb

  • Em

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  • G

  • D

  • F

  • Dm

  • C

  • E

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  • Em

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    He 
    wore 
    a song 

    around 
    his neck 

    Like 
    some medal 
    of 
    honor 

    He 
    carried 
    his wisdom 
    like 
    knife 

    An empty 
    pocket 
    was 

    temporary 
    chain 

    Knowing 
    you've 
    got 
    it com
    ing 

    Ain't no 
    crime 

    Verse 2

    Every 
    blue 
    note 
    that 
    rolled 

    off 
    his tongue 

    You could 
    feel 
    his soul 

    twisting 
    right 
    in 
    two 

    Nobody 
    knew 
    where he came 
    from 

    Ah but 
    everybody 
    knew, 
    everybody 
    knew 

    Verse 3
    He was 
    the real 
    thing 

    No 
    doubt 
    about 
    it 

    The 
    kind 
    that 
    you 
    re
    member 

    when they're 
    gone 

    The real 
    thing 

    Put here 
    for 
    a reason 

    We 
    knew 
    someday 

    the whole 
    world 

    Was go
    ing 
    to know 
    his 
    name 

    He 
    was 
    the real 
    thing 

    Verse 4

    She 
    whispered 
    in 
    his ear, 

    and 
    he 
    heard 
    the thunder 

    Singing 
    'bout 
    a world 
    he never 
    knew 

    Head 
    spinning 
    round, 
    he 
    began 
    to wonder 

    Was 
    he made 
    to love 
    her, 

    or born 
    to sing 
    the 
    blues 

    Verse 5
    He 
    searched 
    inside 
    him 
    for 
    an 
    answer 

    But 
    all 
    he found 
    was 
    troubled 
    mind 

    He left 
    her somewhere 

    on the blue 
    highway 

    Oh it 
    wasn't 
    just 
    another 

    love 
    that he 
    left 
    behind 

    It was 
    the 
    Verse 6
    real 
    thing 

    No 
    doubt 
    about 
    it 

    The 
    kind 
    that you 
    re
    member 

    when it's 
    gone 

    The real 
    thing 

    Not like 
    passion's 
    fire 

    But 
    burning, 
    smoldering, 

    eternal 
    flame 

    It was the 
    real thing 

    Verse 7
    And some
    times 
    at 
    night 
    he 

    longs 
    for 
    her whis
    per 

    But he 
    hides 
    from the 
    dawn, 

    'cause he 
    always 
    wakes 
    to find 
    her 
    gone 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 8
    In 
    some 
    broken 
    down 
    dressing 

    room 
    in 
    some 
    ma
    jor 
    city 

    The 
    thunder 
    plays 
    an 
    old 
    familiar 
    tune 

    He 
    spies 
    a face 
    of 
    distant 
    angel 

    Out
    side, 
    be
    neath 
    the halo 
    moon 

    Verse 9
    Finger 
    on 
    the trigger, 
    needle 

    in the 
    vein 

    One more 
    bullet, 
    it 
    might be 
    your last 
    ride 

    This 
    is ain't no 
    no 
    no-show, 

    this ain't 
    no 
    nervous 
    breakdown 

    And it 
    sure 
    as hell 
    ain't the 

    time 
    to 
    let the 
    fool 
    decide 

    This 
    is 
    the real 
    Verse 10
    thing 

    No 
    doubt 
    about 
    it 

    Who 
    cares 
    if 
    they 
    love 
    you 

    and you're 
    gone 

    This is 
    the real 
    thing 

    So 
    you were 
    put 
    here 
    for 
    a reason 

    But 
    what gives 
    you 
    the right 

    to quit 
    when 
    you're tired 

    Anyway 
    boy, 
    this 
    ain't no 
    game 

    This 
    is 
    the real 
    thing 

    Verse 11

    He wore 
    a song 
    around 
    his 
    neck 

    Like 
    some 
    medal 
    of 
    honor 

    He carried 
    his wisdom 
    like 
    knife 

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