The Real Thing

[Intro ]
C 



[Verso 1]
 
C 
He's got a hundred-dollar haircut 
  F                 C 
A knockoff Les Paul guitar 
    F                        C 
Sporting boots and jeans, he bought distressed 
G 
A country and western star 
       F           C                    G                    Am   F 
Nobody auto-tuned "Rainbow Stew" or "He Stopped Loving Her Today" 
           C                     F            G 
'Cause you can or you can't, you are or you ain't 
           C 
The real thing 
 


[Verso 2]
 
C 
And all these shooters saying they're soldiers 
F                     C 
Playing on people's fears 
     F                    C       G               C 
Like life's some kind of game for fame and tattoo tears 
       F              C              G                   Am  F 
You're terrorists and gangsters, and you'll have hell to pay 
    C               F  G           C 
The day you get to meet the real thing 
 


[Refrão]
 
        F           C 
Will the real thing please stand up? 
    G                   C 
The goin' done gone and gotten tough 
    F               C 
Our short supply is drying up 
       G 
Of the real thing, the real thing 
F                 C 
It don't brag and it don't bluff 
G                 C 
Won't give in and don't give up 
           F                     C            G 
'Cause you can or you can't, you are or you ain't 
           F  C  G 
The real thing 
           F  C  G    A 
The real thing 
 


[Verso 3]
 
      D 
Yeah, my grandpa is ninety-six 
    G                 D 
And tough as Tarzan's feet 
        G           D 
He grew up behind a plow 
          A 
And faced hell on Omaha Beach 
               G               D 
He talks about Joltin' Joe and Marciano 
     A      F#    Bm7 
Like it was yesterday 
        G             D 
But you outta see his eyes light up 
        A               F#                   Bm 
When he talks about the woman he's loved for seventy years 
     D          A                             D 
When he says, "Son, that she's the real thing" 
 


[Refrão]
 
        G               D 
Oh, will the real thing please stand up? 
    A                   D 
The goin' done gone and gotten tough 
    G               D 
Our short supply is drying up 
       A 
Of the real thing, the real thing 
G                 D 
It don't brag and it don't bluff 
A                 D 
Won't give in and don't give up 
           G                     D            A 
'Cause you can or you can't, you are or you ain't 
         G                   D           A 
Baby, we can or we can't, we are or we ain't 
           G  D  A 
The real thing 
 

Outro 
                G  D  A 
Are we the real thing? 
                G     D  A 
I need the real thing 
         G     D  A 
The real thing