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
Please, feel free
to contact me!
Transcribed By: Nathan Bartman
E-mail Address: NateBartman@yahoo.com
AIM Name: Nate Bartman
Intro D Dmaj7
D Dmaj7
D C9 Asus4 A
Verse I 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
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D Bm G6 A6
Well it's real life
Verse II 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 III 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 IV 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
Outtro 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
