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Aint Nothing Like The Real Thing

Key: D

Introduction:

 D         A/D                           Em/D   D       Em/D  D 
Ain't nothing like the real   thing,     baby
 G7M                                   Em7 
Ain't nothing like the real thing
 G7M                                   Em7 
Ain't nothing like the real   thing,   baby
 G7M                                   Em7 
Ain't nothing like the real thing
 D9                 D                             Em7   D/F#         G                                          F# 
I got your picture hanging on my wall but it can't sing, or come to me
               Bm                               Am7                     G7M                   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
                                                                                        F#                       Bm 
They don't move me,   they don't prove it like when
 Am7                           G7M           G         D 
I hear your sweet voice whispering in my ear
                       D               Em7     D/F#     G 
I play my games of fantasy
                                      F#       Bm 
I've been down.   I don't see reality
     Am7                           G7M                     G             D 
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me
                       D                     Em7         D/F#     G 
I got some memories to look back on,
                                      F# 
Though they help me when you're gone
         Bm               Am7                 G7M 
I'm well aware nothing can take
                   G         D 
The place of you being there
                   F#m     F#/A#                                                 Bm 
No other sound       is quite the same as your name
       D7/A                                 G7M  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/AA 
Let's stay together.         Ah, ah.       Ooh
 D         A/D                           Em/D   D       Em/D  D 
Ain't nothing like the real   thing,     ba-by
 G7M                                   Em7 
Ain't nothing like the real thing
   D         A/D                           Em/D   D       Em/D  D 
So glad we   got the real   thing,     ba-by
 G7M                                   Em7 
So glad we   got the real thing.