Real Life chords by Simple Minds

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
Amaj7 F#m7add11
Amaj7 F#m7add11

Verse 1:
A               D               E           F#m
Paula came from Washington with long golden hair
F#m                       D                     E                F#m
Twenty eight dollars in a fake silk purse and a leather skirt to wear
A               D                    E            F#m
Shane came from Dublin town from the old world so green
F#m                      D          E           F#m
Counterfeit ticket in to JFK in the land of his dreams
A                 D              E                  F#m
Street life's the only life they take a walk in the park
F#m             D                 E                   F#m
Even tough they only met that day they were lovers by dark
A               D                E                  F#m
Laid out on the morning skies he puts a ring on her hand
F#m            D                  E                    F#m
He said listen babe we gotta take what's ours do it or die

Chorus:
C#m7 B F#m
            Quit dreaming, this is real life baby
C#m7 B F#m
            Real life's the only life what's it all about
C#m7 B F#m
            Quit dreaming, this is real life baby
C#m7 B F#m

Verse 2:
A              D                E             F#m
Way out on the dock that night, the colour is red
F#m              D            E              F#m
23rd victim of a gangland war takes his last breath
A           D                 E                         F#m
Outside the sister cried, she said the whole world's so mean
F#m                D            E               F#m
Heavyweight killer in the ring, turns killing machine

Chorus:
C#m7 B F#m
            Quit dreaming, this is real life baby
C#m7 B F#m
            Real life's the only life what's it all about
C#m7 B F#m
            Quit dreaming, this is real life baby
C#m7 B F#m

Bridge:
A
All my love, you're my all
E
They way you move, you're in control
B
The way you talk, the way you dress
D
Your hands, your touch, your sweet caress.
A
All my love, you're the best,
E
Every little thing that I possess,
B
It's all emotion when you take control,
D
I can feel wild horses running in my soul.
A
Oh my love, all I see
E
The stars, the sun, the energy,
B
If this going to kill us then let it go,
D                                       C#m7 B F#m
Quit dreaming this is real life baby

Outro:
N.C.
Up high above a desert sky where the space shuttles scream,
N.C.                                            C#m7 B F#m
Sixteen men from a dying earth take their last dream.
C#m7 B F#m
            Quit dreaming, this is real life baby
C#m7 B F#m
            Real life's the only life what's it all about
C#m7 B F#m
            Quit dreaming, this is real life baby
C#m7 B F#m
            Quit dreaming this is real life baby
C#m7 B F#m
            Quit dreaming this is cheap life baby
C#m7 B F#m
            Real life's the only life what's it all about
C#m7 B F#m
            Quit dreaming this is cheap life baby