{Capo on the 3rd fret} 
 
E5  A5   (4x) 
 
     E5                   B5 
As I bask in the glow of a just-lit fire 
E5                       B5 
feeling the warmth as the flame grows higher 
E5                    A5                  D5 
I think it's true that nothing is really new under the sun 
           B5                E5 
watching a new love grow from old love's embers 
B5                    E5 
yesterday's gone but today remembers 
E5                   A5            D5        A5 G5 
doesn't it seem to come down the same for everyone? 
 

     D5       A5   D5                 A5 
Only love is real, everything else illusion 
D5                F#5  F#5    B5        E5      A5      D5 
adding to the confusion   of the  way we connive at being alive 
G5     E5       F#5      F#5 
tracing a line till we can define 
    B5           B5        E5 
the thing that allows us to feel 
     D5   A5        D5   A5 
only love is real, only love is real. 
 

E5  A5  (4x) 
 
E5                   B5 
Childhood dreams like muddy waters 
E5                      B5 
flowing through me to my son and daughters 
E5               A5                    D5 
everything I ever thought is confirmed as truth to me 
          B5                E5 
even as I see the way that I want to go now 
B5                E5 
still I wish I had known twhat I know now 
E5              A5                 D5        A5 G5 
maybe I could have spared you giving your youth to me. 
 

     D5       A5   D5                 A5 
Only love is real, everything else illusion 
D5                F#5  F#5    B5        E5       A5          D5 
adding to the confusion   of the  way we contrive to just stay alive 
G5     E5       F#5      F#5 
tracing a line till we can define 
    B5           B5        E5 
the thing that allows us to feel 
     D5   A5        D5   A5 
only love is real, only love is real, 
     D5   A5        D5   A5 
only love is real, only love is real. 
E5  A5