D     A/D              Em/D  D    Em/D D     
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   baby  
G7M                  Em7 
Ain't nothing like the real thing  
G7M                  Em7 
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,  baby   
G7M                  Em7 
Ain't nothing like the real thing 
D9         D               Em7  D/F#     G                 F#sus   F# 
I got your picture hanging on my wall but it can't sing, or come to me   
       Bm                Am7           G7M          G    D 
When I call your name  I realized it's just a picture in a frame.  
             D          Em7       D/F#   G 
I read your letters but you're not here 
                                    F#sus      F#            Bm          
They don't move me,  they don't prove it like when  
Am7              G7M      G     D 
I hear your sweet voice whispering in my ear  
           D        Em7   D/F#   G   
I play my games of fantasy    
            F#sus     F#    Bm 
I've been down.  I don't see reality 
  Am7              G7M           G       D 
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me  
           D           Em7     D/F#   G          
I got some memories to look back on,   
         F#sus        F# 
Though they help me when you're gone  
    Bm        Am7         G7M         
I'm well aware nothing can take  
         G     D 
The place of you being there 
         F#m   F#/A#                         Bm 
No other sound    is quite the same as your name 
   D7/A                 G7M D/A        Bm7         D/E 
No touch can do half as much  to make me feel better  
E9      G/A          A             G/A      A G/A A G/A A 
Let's stay together.     Ah, ah.    Ooh  
D     A/D              Em/D  D    Em/D D     
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   ba-by   
G7M                  Em7 
Ain't nothing like the real thing 
 D     A/D              Em/D  D    Em/D D     
So glad we  got the real  thing,   ba-by      
G7M                  Em7 
So glad we  got the real thing.