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Artist's Name - John Lennon
Song Title - Real Love
Album - Acoustic
Approximate Song Length - 4 min 4 sec
Release Date - November 2, 2004
The Story Behind the Tab:
John Lennon is the man. End of story.
Notes:
Perhaps the most obvious thing that you will notice about the song is that it is
in flat tuning.
If you're unfamiliar with it, simply tune your guitar down half of a step, from an E to
Eb, an A to an Ab,
and so on. This flat tuning gives the song a somewhat haunting sound to it. This,
with the fact that
it was recorded as a homemade demo on old equipment made it fairly difficult to notate.
many demos, this
demo lacks symmetry. There are bridges, choruses, and verses thrown in all over the
After all, Lennon
was experimenting. And if you know anything about Lennon, you know that he if fond of
making up
lyrics as he goes along, and forgetting entire verses. One thing that he does is omit,
change, if only
subtly, chords. If you'll notice, he only plays a G/F# in the first and last verse. Go
Also, the G6
and A6 in the second chorus are substituted with an A* and G*. These are meant to
simple barre
chords. Besides the issue of sound quality, it should be noted that there is a fade in
the beginning and a
fade out at the end. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, I hope I do it
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to contact me!
Transcribed By: Nathan Bartman
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AIM Name: Nate Bartman
[Intro] D Dmaj7
D Dmaj7
D C9 Asus4 A
[Verse 1] D Dmaj7
All your little boys and girls
Bm Faug
Living in this crazy world
G G/F# Em7 A
All they really needed from you
D C9 D
Is maybe some love
Dmaj7
All the little girls and boys
Bm Faug
Playin' with their little toys
G G/F# Em7 A
All they really needed from you
D C9 D
Is maybe some love
[Bridge] C9
Why must they be alone
D Gm
Why must they be alone
[Chorus] D Bm G6 A6
Yes it's real
D Bm G6 A6
Well it's real life
[Verse 2] D Dmaj7
(Whistled)
Bm Faug
(Whistled)
G Em7 A
(Whistled)
D C9 D
(Whistled)
[Bridge] D C9
I don't expect you to understand
D C9
The kingdom of Heaven is in your hand
D C9
I don't expect you to wait from your dreams
D C9
Too late for crying now it seems
[Verse 3] D Dmaj7
All your little plans and schemes
Bm Faug
Nothing but a bunch of dreams
G Em7 A
All you really needed to do
D C9 D
Is maybe some love
[Bridge] D C9
Why must we be alone
D Gm
Why must we be alone
[Chorus] D Bm G* A*
It's real life
D Bm G* A*
Yes it's real life
[Verse 4] D Dmaj7
All your little boys and girls
Bm Faug
Living in the crazy world
G G/F# Em7 A
All they really needed from you
D C9 D
Is maybe some love
Dmaj7
All the little girls and boys
Bm Faug
Playin' with their little toys
G G/F# Em7 A
All they really needed from you
D C9 D
Is maybe some love
[Bridge] D C9
Why must they be alone
D Gm
Why must they be alone
[Outro] D Bm G6 A6
Yes it's real life
D Bm G6 A6
Well it's real life
"I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it."
- Igor Stravinsky
We also have 46 songs by John Lennon
- 9 Dream
- Baby Please Dont Go
- Be Bop A Lula
- Beautiful Boy Darling Boy
- Borrowed Time
- Cold Turkey
- Crippled Inside
- Dear Yoko
- Give Me Some Truth
- Give Peace A Chance
- God
- Grow Old With Me
- Happy Xmas War Is Over
- Hold On
- How
- How Do You Sleep
- I Found Out
- Im Losing You
- Im Stepping Out
- Imagine
- Instant Karma
- Isolation
- Its So Hard
- Jealous Guy
- John Sinclair
- Just Like Starting Over
- Look At Me
- Love
- Medley Bring It On Home To Me Send Me Some Lovin
- Mind Games
- Mother
- New York City
- Nobody Loves You When Youre Down And Out
- Nobody Told Me
- Oh My Love
- Oh Yoko
- Out Of The Blue
- Power To The People
- Real Love
- Stand By Me
- The Luck Of The Irish
- Watching The Wheels
- Whatever Gets You Through The Night
- Woman
- Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
- Working Class Hero
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