Real Life
Written by Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally, Ashley Gorley & Josh Osborne
Recorded by Jake Owen

(Capo on 4)

Intro.:  |(G) ||(C)(E)|(Am)(G)|(C)(E)|(Am)(G)||

(C)Well, I grew up in a (E)real town where the (Am)prom queen had a (G)plastic crown

And we (C)really did just (E)drive around, 'cause there (Am)wasn't s**t to (G)do

We (C)didn't know we were (E)real broke, (Am)daddy rolled them (G)real smokes

We drank (C)RC, no (E)real Coke, but our (Am)neighbor had a pool (G)

(Chorus)
(C) We got green (E)grass and two trees (Am) (Whoa (G)oh oh oh oh)

(C) But it ain't like (E)what's on TV, (Am) (Whoa (G)oh oh oh oh)

This is (C)real life (E) in the (Am)real (F)world

We ain't (C)talking to no (E)models, we got (Am)real girls (F)

We get (C)real low, (E) we get (Am)real high (F)

It ain't (C)all good (E)baby but it's (Am)all right (F)


Solo:  Real |(C)life (E)|(Am)(G)|(C)(E)|(Am)(G)|

We got a (C)dive bar with a (E)real band, they play (Am)too loud and they're (G)real bad

But we're real (C)boys so we (E)still dance and we (Am)stay out way too (G)late

Hit the (C)Waffle House for some (E)real food, but that (Am)waitress, she's (G)real rude

She got (C)real problems but (E)we do too so we (Am)tip her anyway (G)

(Chorus)
(C) That's just the (E)way that it is (Am) (Whoa (G)oh oh oh oh)

(C) That's just the (E)way that we live (Am) (Whoa (G)oh oh oh oh)

This is (C)real life (E) in the (Am)real world (F)

We ain't (C)talking to no (E)models, we got (Am)real girls (F)

We get (C)real low, (E) we get (Am)real high (F)

It ain't (C)all good (E)baby but it's (Am)all right (F)


Solo:  Real (C)life, (E)|(Am) yeah we're (G)liven' real |(C)life (E)|(Am)(G)

We find (C)real love, get (E)real hurt, fall (Am)real hard, shake (G)off the dirt

(C)Pray to God, let's (E)make a deal, (Am) I guess it (G)just got real

Solo:  |(C)(E)|(Am)(F)|(C)(E)|(Am)(F)


We get (C)real low, (E) we get (Am)real high (F)

It ain't (C)all good (E)baby but it's (Am)all right (F)


Outro.:  Real |(C)life, (E) this ain't no |(Am)fairy tale, (G) it's real |(C)life (G)|
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