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