REAL
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by Michael Sweet
as recorded on the _Real_ CD
(C)1995 LifeSong Music Press / Sweet Milena Music / BMI.
Transcribed by C. Michael (Mike) Pilato [cmpilato@uncc.edu]
 
 
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      I've walked on water   and  I've  turned  the rivers red
 
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      I've touched a child who died and raised her from her dying bed
 
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      I've  sacri -  ficed myself  for  you my  blood was shed
 
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      And   I  am so much more than simple words within the creed that you've
 
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    D         A         Bm         G
I'm real, I'm alive, I'm not a reverie
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I want to be real to you
 
 
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      I've calmed the wind and waves, I've opened up the sea
 
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      I've wandered forty days and nights  without  a  single  thing to 
 
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 eat  I've taken  beatings    and   upon  a  tree  I've  bled
 
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      Yet   I  am so much more than simple lines within the creed that you
 
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    D         A         Bm         G
I'm real, I'm alive, I'm not a reverie
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I want to be real to you
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You don't have to hide in shame from me
  D            A       G      -
I just want to set you free
 
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 Bash some heavy G's for 2 measures, then...
 
    D         A         Bm         G
I'm real, I'm alive, I'm not a reverie
  D          A       G       -
I want to be real to you
    D             A       Bm         G
You don't have to hide in shame from me
  D            A       G      -
I just want to set you free
  D            A       G      -
I just want to set you free
 
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                                                               Yes I'm
 
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  real
 
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                                                               Yes I'm
 
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  real
 
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