Real Thing

F C G Am F C F C

[Verse]
       C                F         
It was in a crystal bottle on his 
C
desk
   C                F          
He saved it for the times to not 
     C
forget
  F                   G           
I missed the way he'd share with 
      C           C/B     F
me the things that he held true
          F                        
While the lessons rolled around his
        G
 eighty-proof

[Pre-chorus]
                F               
All it took was.. one sip and it 
 C
blew my mind
      G                  C
Those good old boys sure make it 
right knowing
F              C                 
Smooth whiskey takes some time 
    G                    C
ain't nothin like the real thing
        F                      C
And you can't go back once you get a
 taste
G             C
Everything is second rate
            F                   C 
I'm talking genuine made in the 
        G                    C
USA ain't nothin like the real thing

[Chorus]
     F
Real Thing
                              C    
(There ain't nothing like the real 
           G                   C
thing baby there ain't nothing)
         F
Reeeeaal Thing
                              C    
(There ain't nothing like the real 
           G                   C
thing baby there ain't nothing)

[Verse]
  C                   F           
I thought I'd been in love a time 
   C
or two
       C               F          
Didn't know that I was lost till I
     C
 met you
    F                 G           
And I could tell that every other 
C        C/B   F
girl was history
      F                            
Never knew how real could feel till
           G
 you found me

[Pre-chorus]
               F                   
All it took was.. one kiss and you 
C
blew my mind
   G            C
An all-american kind of fine you 
know a
F             C                  
Good woman is hard to find ain't 
G                    C
nothin like the real thing
        F                      C
And you can't go back once you get a
 taste
G           C
Everyone is second rate
            F                   C 
I'm talking genuine made in the 
        G                    C
USA ain't nothin like the real thing

[Chorus]
         F
The Real thing
                              C    
(There ain't nothing like the real 
           G                   C
thing baby there ain't nothing)
         F
Reeeeaal Thing
                              C    
(There ain't nothing like the real 
           G                   C
thing baby there ain't nothing)
         F
Reeeeaal Thing
                              C    
(There ain't nothing like the real 
           G                   C
thing baby there ain't nothing)
         F
Reeeeaal Thing
                              C    
(There ain't nothing like the real 
           G                   C
thing baby there ain't nothing)

[Pre-chorus]
           F             C
You know a great song is hard to 
find
G                     C
The right words and a perfect rhyme
F                     C          
Cause we all feel the same inside
           G                   
 we're all looking for the real 
 C
thing
                F                
You know you're not the same once 
     C
you hear it play
G                         C
There's nothing else that can 
replace
       F                   C      
What's genuine made in the USA 
   G                     C
ain't nothing like the real thing
            F                   C 
I'm talking genuine made in the 
        G                     C
USA ain't nothing like the real 
thing

[Piano solo]
F C G Am F C G C

[Chorus]
     F
Real thing
                              C    
(There ain't nothing like the real 
           G                   C
thing baby there ain't nothing)
         F
Reeeeaal Thing
                              C    
(There ain't nothing like the real 
            F     C
thing baby)