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Artist'sNameJohnLennon
SongTitleRealLove
AlbumAcoustic
ApproximateSongLength4min4sec
ReleaseDateNovember2,2004

TheStoryBehindtheTab:

JohnLennonistheman.Endofstory.

Notes:

Perhapsthemostobviousthingthatyouwillnoticeaboutthesongisthatitis
inflattuning.
Ifyou'reunfamiliarwithit,simplytuneyourguitardownhalfofastep,fromanEto
Eb,anAtoanAb,
andsoon.Thisflattuninggivesthesongasomewhathauntingsoundtoit.This,
withthefactthat
itwasrecordedasahomemadedemoonoldequipmentmadeitfairlydifficulttonotate.
manydemos,this
demolackssymmetry.Therearebridges,choruses,andversesthrowninalloverthe
Afterall,Lennon
wasexperimenting.AndifyouknowanythingaboutLennon,youknowthatheiffondof
makingup
lyricsashegoesalong,andforgettingentireverses.Onethingthathedoesisomit,
change,ifonly
subtly,chords.Ifyou'llnotice,heonlyplaysaG/F#inthefirstandlastverse.Go
Also,theG6
andA6inthesecondchorusaresubstitutedwithanA*andG*.Thesearemeantto
simplebarre
chords.Besidestheissueofsoundquality,itshouldbenotedthatthereisafadein
thebeginninganda
fadeoutattheend.Thisisoneofmyfavoritesongsofalltime,IhopeIdoit
Please,feelfree
tocontactme!

TranscribedBy:NathanBartman
EmailAddress:NateBartman@yahoo.com
AIMName:NateBartman

[Intro]DDmaj7

DDmaj7

DC9Asus4A

[Verse1]DDmaj7

Allyourlittleboysandgirls

BmFaug

Livinginthiscrazyworld

GG/F#Em7A

Alltheyreallyneededfromyou

DC9D

Ismaybesomelove

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Dmaj7

Allthelittlegirlsandboys

BmFaug

Playin'withtheirlittletoys

GG/F#Em7A

Alltheyreallyneededfromyou

DC9D

Ismaybesomelove

[Bridge]C9

Whymusttheybealone

DGm

Whymusttheybealone

[Chorus]DBmG6A6

Yesit'sreal

DBmG6A6

Wellit'sreallife

[Verse2]DDmaj7

(Whistled)

BmFaug

(Whistled)

GEm7A

(Whistled)

DC9D

(Whistled)

[Bridge]DC9

Idon'texpectyoutounderstand

DC9

ThekingdomofHeavenisinyourhand

DC9

Idon'texpectyoutowaitfromyourdreams

DC9

Toolateforcryingnowitseems

[Verse3]DDmaj7

Allyourlittleplansandschemes

BmFaug

Nothingbutabunchofdreams

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GEm7A

Allyoureallyneededtodo

DC9D

Ismaybesomelove

[Bridge]DC9

Whymustwebealone

DGm

Whymustwebealone

[Chorus]DBmG*A*

It'sreallife

DBmG*A*

Yesit'sreallife

[Verse4]DDmaj7

Allyourlittleboysandgirls

BmFaug

Livinginthecrazyworld

GG/F#Em7A

Alltheyreallyneededfromyou

DC9D

Ismaybesomelove

Dmaj7

Allthelittlegirlsandboys

BmFaug

Playin'withtheirlittletoys

GG/F#Em7A

Alltheyreallyneededfromyou

DC9D

Ismaybesomelove

[Bridge]DC9

Whymusttheybealone

DGm

Whymusttheybealone

[Outro]DBmG6A6

Yesit'sreallife

DBmG6A6

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Wellit'sreallife

"Ihaven'tunderstoodabarofmusicinmylife,butIhavefeltit."

IgorStravinsky

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