Chord/Tab song: The Real Thing

Song: The Real Thing
Performed by: George Strait
Transcribed by: Carlos Perez and Jake Alcorta
E-mail: [email protected]

Capo: 2nd fret

Intro: E A E B E

Well I was [E]on a bus coming back to us
from [A]Atlanta in '5[E]3

And I picked up a rhythm and blues magazine layin'
[B]underneath my seat
And I [E]found out the stuff they were playin' us
wasn't [A]made from grits and [E]bone
And it takes more than the Crewcuts and Pat [B]Boone
to take me [E]home

Chorus:
I want the [E]real thing give me the [A]real thing[E]

Make it loud and make you proud
of the songs they [B]sing
I Don't want you [E]under my roof with your 86 proof
Watered [A]down 'til it tastes like [E]tea

You're gonna pull my string
make it the [B]real thing for me[E]

Solo: E B E

I rem[E]ember old Elvis when he forgot
to rem[A]ember to forge[E]t

And when young Johnny Cash hadn't seen this side of
[B]big river yet
And when [E]sun was more than daylight shining on
[A]Memphis, Tennesse[E]e
And [E]Luther and Lewis and Perkins was pickin'
and [B]playin' them songs for m[E]e

Chorus:
I want the [E]real thing give me the [A]real thing[E]

Make it loud and make you proud
of the songs they [B]sing
I Don't want you [E]under my roof with your 86 proof
Watered [A]down 'til it tastes like [E]tea

You're gonna pull my string
make it the [B]real thing for me[E]

Solo: E A E B E A E B E

Chorus:
I want the [E]real thing give me the [A]real thing[E]

Make it loud and make you proud
of the songs they [B]sing
I Don't want you [E]under my roof with your 86 proof
Watered [A]down 'til it tastes like [E]tea

You're gonna pull my string
make it the [B]real thing for me[E]

You're gonna pull my string
make it the [B]real thing for me[E]

Chords:

[E] [A] [B]

E---0---0---2---
B---o---2---4---
G---1---2---4---
D---2---2---4---
A---2---0---2---
E---0---0---2---