Chords
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
G7+                                              Em7  
Ain't nothing like the real thing
G7+                                              Em7  
Ain't nothing like the real    thing,    baby
G7+                                              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                            G7+                         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                                    G7+              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                                    G7+                            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                      G7+  
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                                            G7+  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
G7+                                              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
G7+                                              Em7  
So glad we    got the real thing.