------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Real Life-John Mellencamp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:Nick V. E-mail:[email protected] Tuning:EADGBE Capo II A E B A E C#m A E B A E C#m B Suzanne divorced her husband C#m She got the keys to the car and the home B But her friends were really his friends C#m No one stops by to see her much anymore B C#m So one night she goes back down to the old haunts B C#m That once upon a time were her home B C#m She didn't know nobody out there no more B C#m And the whole experience just made her feel so old, she says A E B I want to live the real life A E B I want to live my life close to the bone A E B Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean A E B I want to sit around my house and watch TV E C#m E C#m I want the real life, I want to live the real life B C#m B C#m Jackson, Jackson, was a good kid B C#m He had four years of college and a Bachelor's B C#m Started workin' when he was 21 B C#m Got fed up and quit when he was 43 B C#m He said, "My whole life, I've done what I'm supposed to do B C#m Now I'd like to maybe do something for myself B C#m And just as soon as I figure out what that is B C#m You can bet your life, I'm gonna give it hell with A E B I want to live the real life A E B I want to live my life close to the bone A E B Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean A E B I want to sit around my house and watch TV E C#m E C#m I want the real life, I want to live the real life A E B I want to live the real life A E B I want to live my life close to the bone A E B Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean A E B I want to sit around my house and watch TV E C#m E C#m I want the real life, I want to live the real life A E B I want to live the real life A E B C#m I want to live my life close to the bone