Real World chords by Matchbox Twenty

Chords with lyrics

*Capo 3rd Fret

Explanation:
Guitar two, playing that intro lick, is starting on the C majorC chord then
walking down quickly to the G+G chord. Only one note is a pull-off.
This lick is the same as the one at the end of the verses.

**Keep in mind, guitar one is holing the C majorC chord for the entire time
guitar two is playing the lick


   Intro/verse lick
   --0----------------|
   --1----------------|
   --0----------------|
   --2---0---0--------|
   --3---3---2-0p-2---|
   ---------------3---|
INTRO:
(C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G
(C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G
(C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G
(C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G

VERSE 1:
    G+G           D MajorD   E minorEm    C majorC  G+G   D MajorD E minorEm    C majorC
Well I wonder what it's like to be the rainmaker

 G+G            D MajorD     E minorEm     C majorC G+G   D MajorD E minorEm   C majorC
I wonder what it's like to know that I made the rain

     G+G     D MajorD      E minorEm      C majorC       G+G   D MajorD
Well I'd store it in boxes with little yellow tags on every one

  E minorEm        C majorC {hold}    (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G  (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G
And you can come and see them when I'm           done.
 (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G   (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G
When I'm done.


VERSE 2:
    G+G           D MajorD   E minorEm   C majorC G+G   D MajorD E minorEm    C majorC
Well I wonder what it's like to be a superhero
 G+G           D MajorD  E minorEm        C majorC G+G    D MajorD E minorEm    C majorC
I wonder where I'd go if I could fly around downtown yeah
   G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm       C majorC        G+G    D MajorD
From some other planet I'd get this funky high on yellow sun
E minorEm        C majorC         (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G    (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G
  Boy, I bet my friends would all be          stunned.
     (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G  (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G
They're stunned.        Yeaaaaaaahhhhhh.....

CHORUS:
 G+G      C majorC    D MajorD         C majorC   G+G
 straight up what did you hope to learn about here?

       C majorC  D MajorD          C majorC   G+G
If I were someone else, would this all fall apart?

       C majorC  D MajorD          C majorC  G+G
Strange where were you when we started this gig,

      C majorC  D MajorD             C majorC    (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G
I wish the real world would just stop hassling me.          And you.
(C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G      (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G  (C majorC), Cadd9, CM7-C6-G
           And you.           Aaanndd me


[solo/introlude]
G+G  D MajorD E minorEm  C majorC G+G  D MajorD E minorEm  C majorC


VERSE 3:
    G+G            D MajorD E minorEm      C majorC G+G   D MajorD E minorEm    C majorC
Well I wonder what it's like to be the head honcho.
 G+G           D MajorD    E minorEm        C majorC G+G   D MajorD E minorEm    C majorC
I wonder what I'd do if they all did just what I said
     G+G      D MajorD    E minorEm         C majorC         G+G    D MajorD