[Verso 1]
 
C                 G7           C                 F 
 Up the hill past 694, at the stone wall make a left, 
    C              G7                       F            G7      C 
and I will see you soon my friend if these old directions still direct (oh yeah) 
         F             G7     C 
If these old directions still direct. 
C                      G7           C                         F 
Is the problem that we can't see or is it that the problem is beautiful to me? 
C                         G7 
The birds of Virginia are flying within you 
     F              G7           C 
and like background singers they all come in threes. 
    F               G7           C                   C7 
And like background singers they all come in threes. 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
Dm 
Won't soul music change 
C                              C7 
now that our souls have turned strange. 
F           D7/F# 
Once a day, twice a day... 
Dm 
And when on and off collide 
C             C7              F 
we'll set our souls aside and walk away. 


[Refrão]
 
A                    Asus4 A     Dm 
We've been raised on replicas of fake and winding roads 
    G 
and day after day up on this beautiful stage 
           Em 
we've been playing tambourine for minimum wage 
           Am 
but we are real, 
       Em 
We are real, 
              Am 
I know we are real. 


[Verso 2]
 
C             G7   C              F 
Repair is the dream of the broken thing. 
       C                       G7 
Like a message broadcast on an overpass 
F               G7               C 
all my favorite singers couldn't sing. 
F                G7              C 
All my favorite singers couldn't sing. 
C               G7                              C 
My ski vest has buttons like convenience store mirrors 
                 F 
and they help me see, 
     C                  G7 
that everything in this room right now 
F    G7      C 
is a part of me. 
F    G7      C   C7 
is a part of me. 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
Dm 
Won't soul music change 
C                               C7 
now that our souls have turned strange. 
F           D7/F# 
Once a day, twice a day... 
Dm 
And when on and off collide 
C             C7              F 
we'll set our souls aside and walk away. 


[Refrão]
 
A            Asus4   A      Dm 
Realizing is how it feels inside when it happens to you. 
     G 
So I took a shot of sugar like snow dumped into the blood 
    Em 
and children wander off into the ultra-economic 
                 Am 
but we are real, 
       Em 
We are real 
              Am 
I know we are real, 
              Em 
I know we are real, 
              Am                                   Em 
I know we are real, real, real, real, real, real, real... 
              Am 
I know we are real.