Real Life/Alibis
capo 3rd
Intro: C F C F
Verse 1:
Saturday morning a
while before daylight I?m
Lying here hoping for
rain
By to
morrow
I could be
anywhere
Passing streetcars
alive without breathing
I?m
lost in the city ag
ain
Without a
purpose
I can?t believe
anything
Pre-Chorus:
And I know it?s
not my
place
To be
asking these
questions
but I
can?t just
chase
every
world that I
see because
Chorus:
This isn?t
real life
This
isn?t
happening
Seems so
believable
But it?s not the real
thing
This isn?t
real life
It?s
just some
enormous
lie
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:
Maybe
I can find some
piece of a world I
can handle
Or a
common line,
any one sign
All a part of
me
Chorus 2:
This isn?t
real life
This isn?t happ
ening
Seems so b
elievable
But
it?s not the
real
thing
This isn?t
real lif
e
It?s
just an enormous
lie
And
we?ll be
fine if
we can find a
real life
Outro:
Intro:
F# F# F# F# F# F#…
Bagpipes:
F# F# Bm Bm E E Bm Bm x2
Verse 1:
Listen
The
world is
listening
in
Every
name and
number
Suddenly I
can?t be
lieve my
eyes
We?re gonna
need those
alib
is
Hoping it
all just
fades a
way
Maybe they?re
all just
paper
Airplanes and
imagi
nary c
ries
They?re
not your
neighbour
Chorus:
We all have our a
libis
We?ve got our reasons and our
reasonable words
But we
all just hide our eyes and make
believe we never heard
And
when the sirens rise
We?re
gonna need those
alibis
Bagpipes 2: F# F# Bm Bm E E Bm Bm
Vs. 2
Helpless and
hopeless
on the
screen
Maybe an
other
channel
Might change the
dia
logue
To
talk about it
doesn?t hurt at
all
Chorus:
We all have our
alibis
W
e?ve got our reasons and our
reasonable words
We
talk and talk as though there?s nothing
to it
We can change it all
As
long as we don?t
have to do it
We all have our
alibis
We?ve got our reasons and we
Lie and lie and lie
We all have our
alibis
We?ve got our reasons
We?ve got our reasons
And if we?re
not afraid to
fall
We?re not
listening at
all
And
when the silence fills the sky
We’re
gonna need those
alibis
Outro: D
What does it matter if they’re all lies