D     A/D              Em/D  D    Em/D D    Gm7                  Em7 
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. 
 
 
D9         D               Em7  D/F#     G                 F#sus   F# 
I got your picture hanging on my wall but it can't sing, or come to me - 
            Bm                Am7           Gm7          G    D 
     when I call your name.  I realized it's just a picture in a frame. 
             D          Em7       D/F#   G 
I read your letters but you're not here.  They don't move me,  
F#sus      F#            Bm         Am7              Gm7      G     D 
they don't prove it like when I hear your sweet voice whispering in my ear. 
 
 
          D        Em7   D/F#   G              F#sus     F#    Bm 
I play my games of fan-ta-sy.    I've been down.  I don't see reality. 
  Am7              Gm7           G       D 
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me 
           D           Em7     D/F#   G                  F#sus        F# 
I got some memories to look back on,  though they help me when you're gone 
    Bm        Am7         Gm7                 G     D 
I'm well aware nothing can take the place of you being there. 
 
 
         F#m   F#/Bb                            Bm 
No other sound   -   is quite the same as your name. 
   D7/A                 Gm7 D/A           Bm7         D/E 
No touch can do half as much  -  to make me feel better. 
E9      G/A          A             G/A      A   G/A   A   G/A   A 
Let's stay together.     Ah, ah.    Ooh. 
 
 
D     A/D              Em/D  D    Em/D D    Gm7                  Em7 
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.