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For Real Chords by Tom Petty

For Real chords by Tom Petty

Guitar chords with lyrics

Capo on 1st
Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Intro:
Em A F G



Verse 1:
Em                      A
 Oh brother, look what we’ve become
F                     G
 Oh brother, could we be so dumb?
Em             Am              G
  They set us up like dominoes
Em                     A
 I didn’t do it for no magazine
F                    G
 Didn’t do it for no video
Em                   Am    F  G
 Never did it for no    CEOooo

Bridge:
                 Am
But I did it for real

Chorus:
                 F#m
They doubted for free
               G  F#m Em
I did it for meee
              G             Bm   Em
’Cause it was all that rang true
              Am
I did it for reeeeeal
                 C
And I did it for you

Verse 2:
Em                       Am
 Might’ve done it for my sanity
F                     G
 Maybe done it for my vanity
Em                        A         F     G
 Could be I did it for my   picky gooooal

Bridge:
                 Am
But I did it for real

Chorus:
                        F#m
Would’ve done it for freeee
                  G  F#m Em
Yeah I did it for meee
              G             Bm   Em
’Cause it was all that rang true
              Am
I did it for reeeeeal
                 C
And I did it for you

Instrumental:
Em Am Fmaj7 G Em7 A Fmaj7 G

Verse 3:
Em                     Am
 Oh brother, look what we’ve become
F                      G
 Oh brother, I’ve been overrun
Em                   Am                 F       G
 Only did it for the    way it made me feeeeeel

Bridge:
                  Am
Yeah I did it for real

Chorus:
                        F#m
Would’ve done it for freeee
                  G  F#m Em
Yeah I did it for meee
              G             F#m  Em
’Cause it was all that rang true
              Am
I did it for reeeeeal
                   C
And I did it for youuu

Outro:
Em Am F G
Em Am Fmaj7 Em7

Chords:
Em    022000
A     x02220
F     x32010
G     320003
Am    x02210
F#m   244222
Bm    x24432
Fmaj7 xx3210
Em7   020000

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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