Elton John

Aint nothing like the real thing

Elton John


Tom: E

E     B/E              F#m/E  E    F#m/E E    Amaj7                  F#m7 
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   ba-by.  Ain't nothing like the real thing. 
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   ba-by.  Ain't nothing like the real thing. 
 
E9         E               F#m7  E/G#     A                 Absus   Ab 
I got your picture hanging on my wall but it can't sing, or come to me - 
            C#m                Bm7           Amaj7          A    E 
     when I call your name.  I realized it's just a picture in a frame. 
             E          F#m7       E/G#   A 
I read your letters but you're not here.  They don't move me,  
Absus      Ab            C#m         Bm7              Amaj7      A     E 
they don't prove it like when I hear your sweet voice whispering in my ear. 
 
          E        F#m7   E/G#   A              Absus     Ab    C#m 
I play my games of fan-ta-sy.    I've been down.  I don't see reality. 
  Bm7              Amaj7           A       E 
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me 
           E           F#m7     E/G#   A                  Absus        Ab 
I got some memories to look back on,  though they help me when you're gone 
    C#m        Bm7         Amaj7                 A     E 
I'm well aware nothing can take the place of you being there. 
 
         Abm   Ab/C                            C#m 
No other sound   -   is quite the same as your name. 
   E7/B                 Amaj7 E/B           C#m7         E/F# 
No touch can do half as much  -  to make me feel better. 
F#9      A/B          B             A/B      B   A/B   B   A/B   B 
Let's stay together.     Ah, ah.    Ooh.  
 
E     B/E              F#m/E  E    F#m/E E    Amaj7                  F#m7 
Ain't nothing like the real  thing,   ba-by.  Ain't nothing like the real thing. 
   So glad we  got the real  thing,   ba-by.     So glad we  got the real thing. 

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