We Are Real chords by Silver Jews

Verse 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.

Pre-chorus:
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.

Chorus:
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.

Verse 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.

Pre-chorus:
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.

Chorus:
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.