Real Life/Alibis capo 3rd Intro: C F C F Verse 1: C C7 Saturday morning a while before daylight I’m F C Lying here hoping for rain Gm F C By tomorrow I could be anywhere C Gm Passing streetcars alive without breathing F C I’m lost in the city again Bb F C Without a purpose I can’t believe anything Pre-Chorus: F Am And I know it’s not my place G C To be asking these questions F C but I can’t just chase Bb F every world that I see because Chorus: C F This isn’t real life C G Em Am This isn’t happening Dm Am Seems so believable G C But it’s not the real thing F C This isn’t real life G Em Am It’s just some enormous lie Dm F G C And I know I’ll be fine this isn’t real life Verse 2: (see above chords) Such a mystery Am I supposed to believe these illusions are real Out of focus, step out of character Into a world I can feel Maybe it’s only a sense of propriety Keeping us grounded at all Or we’d run screaming Into the morning and out of control Pre-Chorus 2: G F C G Maybe I can find some piece of a world I can handle Em F G Or a common line, any one sign E7 A All a part of me Chorus 2: A D A This isn’t real life E C#m9 This isn’t happening F#m Bm Seems so believable F#m E A But it’s not the real thing Dm A This isn’t real life E C#m9 It’s just an enormous lie F#m Bm D E And we’ll be fine if we can find a real life Outro: F#m E A D F#m E D E Intro: F# F# F# F# F# F#... Bagpipes: F# F# Bm Bm E E Bm Bm x2 F# G A F# G A Verse 1: B Listen G C B The world is listening in G F# Every name and number B G C B Suddenly I can’t believe my eyes G A F# G A F# G A We’re gonna need those alibis B G C B Hoping it all just fades away G F# Maybe they’re all just paper B G C B Airplanes and imaginary cries G A7 They’re not your neighbour Chorus: D G We all have our alibis D G We’ve got our reasons and our reasonable words A G But we all just hide our eyes and make believe we never heard F#m And when the sirens rise G A We’re gonna need those alibis Bagpipes 2: F# F# Bm Bm E E Bm Bm F# G A F# G A Vs. 2 B G C B Helpless and hopeless on the screen G F# Maybe another channel B G C Might change the dialogue B G A7 To talk about it doesn’t hurt at all Chorus: D G We all have our alibis D G We’ve got our reasons and our reasonable words A G We talk and talk as though there’s nothing to it F#m We can change it all G A7 As long as we don’t have to do it D G We all have our alibis D We’ve got our reasons and we G Lie and lie and lie D G We all have our alibis D We’ve got our reasons G We’ve got our reasons A G And if we’re not afraid to fall A G We’re not listening at all F#m And when the silence fills the sky G A7 We're gonna need those alibis Outro: D What does it matter if they're all lies