IMPORTANT NOTES: Other versions of this tab were pretty close, but I'm a Mat Kearney nut and I'm also a perfectionist. I study the way Mat plays the guitar, and I know his chord choices quite well. Tuning: Standard Capo: 6th (Studio), 5th (Live) Chords Used in this Song: --------------------- | | A5 (x02210) G5 (3x0030) F5 (x33210) C5 (x32010) C5 (x20010) | Gmaj6 (x55430) | | | --------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro/Verse is sometimes played with hammer-ons: A5 G5 F5 C5 e | ---0---------0---------0---------0--------- | B | ---0h1-------3---------1---------1--------- | G | ---0h2-------0---------0h2-------0--------- | D | ---0h2-------0---------3---------0h2------- | A | ---0---------x---------3---------3--------- | E | ---x---------3---------x---------x--------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: A5 G5 F5 C5 A5 G5 F5 C5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 1: A5 G5 F5 C5 Your poker face ain?t fooling nobody, nobody here A5 G5 F5 C5 We?ve all felt the flame and shed those same tears A5 G5 F5 C5 Driving home to a one man hell, still counting years, still counting years A5 G5 F5 C5 Hey brother we?re all learning to love again -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus 1: A5 G5 F5 C5 ?Cause that was the real you running through the fields of gold wide open A5 G5 F5 C5 Standing in places no picture contains A5 G5 F5 C5 That was the real you, windows down, we could smell the mint fields crying A5 G5 F5 C5 Singin' with the radio to a song we can?t name A5 G5 F5 C5 That was the real you saying, ?Maybe I?m not too young to be a cowboy.? A5 G5 F5 C5 Hey brother we?re all learning to love again A5 G5 F5 C5 Hey brother we?re all learning to love again -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 2: (Same as Verse 1) Making up your bed that day on a foreign floor between foreign walls Thinking ?bout the words you?d say to a phone that never calls Feel the weight of your father?s ring and all those dreams, and all those dreams Hey brother, we?re all learning to love again -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus 2: (Same as Chorus 1) ?Cause that was the real you running through the fields of gold wide open Standing in places no picture contains That was the real you, windows down, we could smell the mint fields crying Singin' with the radio to a song we can?t name That was the real you saying, ?Maybe I?m not to young too be a cowboy.? Hey brother, we?re all learning to love again Hey brother, we?re all learning to love again -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bridge: (Studio Version) F5 Gmaj6 A5 I know you like I know my reflection F5 Gmaj6 C5 Walking on the water ?cross an ocean of desire F5 Gmaj6 A5 Everyone I know is looking for protection, Trying to F5 G5 C5 pull down your hometown ?cross a telephone wire F5 C5 G5 C5 'cross a telephone wire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bridge: (Live Version) F5 Gmaj6 A5 I know you like I know my reflection F5 Gmaj6 C5 Walking on the water ?cross an ocean of desire F5 Gmaj6 A5 Everyone I know is looking for protection, Trying to F5 G5 C5 pull down your hometown ?cross a telephone wire G5 C5 'cross a telephone wire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse/Chorus (Same as Verse 1,2 and Chorus 1,2) ?Cause that was the real you standing there in the shape of your body Fear don?t know no love when we?re all the same That was the real you looking back across the water Tears falling like rain drops rippling against the shame That was the real you singing hallelujah, looking down a barrel Hey brother, we?re all learning to love again Hey brother, we?re all learning to love again Hey brother, we?re all learning to love again -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outro: (As Played by Mat Kearney Himself in the Reference Video) F5 Gmaj6 C5 F5 Gmaj6 A5 F5 Gmaj6 C5 F5 C5 C5 F5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------