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 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