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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 played in flat tuning.
If you're unfamiliar with it, simply tune your guitar down half of a step, from an E to a Eb, an A to an Ab,
and so on. This flat tuning gives the song a somewhat haunting sound to it. This, combined with the fact that
it was recorded as a homemade demo on old equipment made it fairly difficult to notate. Like many demos, this
demo lacks symmetry. There are bridges, choruses, and verses thrown in all over the place. After all, Lennon
was experimenting. And if you know anything about Lennon, you know that he if fond of whistling, making up
lyrics as he goes along, and forgetting entire verses. One thing that he does is omit, and change, if only
subtly, chords. If you'll notice, he only plays a G/F# in the first and last verse. Go figure. Also, the G6
and A6 in the second chorus are substituted with an A* and G*. These are meant to represent simple barre
chords. Besides the issue of sound quality, it should be noted that there is a fade in at the beginning and a
fade out at the end. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, I hope I do it justice! 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


                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                                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