Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)
Queen (Freddie Mercury)
Hot Space (1982)
[Verse 1]
G G/F# Em D
Guilt stains on my pillow
G G/F# Em D
Blood on my terraces
C Cadd9
Torsos in my closet
C Am
Shadows from my past
[Chorus]
G G/F#
Life is real
Bm D
Life is real
F C G
Life is real, so real
G G/F# Em D
Sleeping is my leisure
G G/F# Em D
Waking up in a minefield
C Cadd9
Dream is just a pleasure dome
C Am
Love is a roulette wheel
G G/F#
Life is real
Bm D
Life is real
F C G
Life is real, oh yeah
[Verse 2]
Bm F#
Success is my breathing space
A G
I brought it on myself
I will price it
I will cash it
F#
I can take it or leave it
D C
Loneliness is my hiding place
Bm
Breastfeeding myself
Bm Bb A
What more can I say
Em
I have swallowed the bitter pill
G A
I can taste it, I can taste it
[Chorus]
D C D C F C F C
Life is real, life is real, life is real
[Solo]
(verse chords)
[Bridge]
G G/F# Em D
Music will be my mistress
G G/F# Em D
Loving like a whore
C Cadd9
Lennon is a genius
C Am
Living in every pore
[Outro]
G G/F#
Life is real
Bm D
Life is real
F C G
Life is real, so real
G/F# G
Life is cruel
G/F# G
Life is a bitch
G/F# C G G/F# Em D
Life is real - so real
G G/F# Em D
Life is real
G G/F# Em D
Life is real, yeah
G G/F# Em D
Life is real