realworld.crd
written by Men Without Hats from the album: Pop Goes The World Copyright 1987
lyrics transcribed by Dave Datta 
chords transcribed by C.Frey

"The Real World" by Men Without Hats

Excuse me sir, could you tell me how to get to the real world?
OH O OH WOW!

(intro riff:)  

[Eb] [Db] (x4)

(intro:)

[Eb] Uh huh, the world is a funny place  [F/Eb] and it's calling you names
[Gb/Eb] hey hey, the world is a funny place, [Ab/Eb] heeeey
OH O WOW!

(verse1:)

[Eb] Oh wow in the [Ab] real world 
[Db] walking around  I think I'm [Ab] falling in love again
[Eb] hey guardian [Ab] angel  
[Db] more light for [Ab] falling in love

[repeat intro riff] OH WOW!  hey hey

ho ho the world is a funny place  and it's calling you names
hey hey, the world is a funny place heeeey
OH WOW!

(verse2:)

[Eb] Oh wow in the [Ab] real world 
[Db] look at the sky   hear the [Ab] calling above again
[Eb] look mom an [Ab] angel 
[Db] all right for [Ab] falling in love
[Eb] deep down in the [Ab] sea of her l
[Db] ife is surrounding you can [Ab] feel like a dove and then
[Eb] like a million rainbows 
[Bb] here they come again, here they come again

(bridge:)

[Db] [Ab] [Gb] they call it falling in [Db] love [Ab] [Gb] they call it falling

OH WOW! 

(verse2:)

in the real world lookin' around 
I think I'm falling in love with them
in the garden of angels
ho ho we're falling in love (oh wow!)
hey hey it's a real world
look at the ground
can you see your reflection there
everything is single
here we come again

(bridge2:)

[Eb] [F/Eb] here we come a[Gb/Eb]gain [F/Eb] 
[Eb] hey guardian angel [F/Eb] open your eyes 
[Gb/Eb] and all the love will make you [Ab/Eb] fly -- HIGH

[verse2 instrumental]

(verse2:)

Oh wow in the real world walking around 
I think I'm falling in love again
hey guardian angel, more light for falling in love
hey hey it's a real world walking around 
I think I'm falling in love again
hey guardian angel, 
here we come again, here we come again

[Db] [Ab] [Gb] they call it falling in [Db] love [Ab] [Gb] (hey)
they call it falling in [Db] love [Ab] [Gb] (hey)
they call it falling in [Db] love [Ab] [Gb] (hey)
they call it falling in [Db] love [Ab] [Gb] (hey)
they call it falling in [Db] love [Ab] [Gb] (hey)
they call it falling in [Db] love [Ab] [Gb] (hey)
they call it falling in [Db] love [Ab] [Gb] (hey)
OH WOW! hey!
[Eb] OH WOW!   (fade)



[the intro riff: Eb(one octave lower) Eb Eb   Bb-Db Bb-Db Bb-Db-Eb]

In order to get the low Eb bass that is used in the intro riff, the intro, and the bridge2, try tuning down one half-step to Eb and then play all the chord shapes as if in E.  Or do the same thing without tuning down and just play in E.