B

E                       F#
Take a sentiment that´s real
                        G#
take the way you really feel
                        B
find a safe place to hide it
E                       F#
you´ve ironed out the irony
              B
and didn´t fight it.


E                       F#
On the clock from 9 to 5
                        G#
you´re at the bar from 5 to 9
                        B
(?) that TV till you´re blinded
E                               F#
3 great ways to waste your mind
                B                   D
and you don´t mind it.


E                       F#
Just raise a glass of booze
 E                        F#              G
The only substance is the one that you abuse
(what happened to you?)

Bridge: BG x4
Then: A D E A

[Chorus]

A                      D          E           A
Cause no one hands out medals for keeping it real
A                      D                E            A
they dunno what it means and they don´t care how you feel
A                      D          E           A
Cause no one hands out medals for keeping it real
A                      D                E
they dunno what it means and they don´t care...


                             F#
Drown your regrets try to forget
B                           G#                              E
Just don´t say that it can´t work because you didn´t follow through
                   F#                        B
A self fulfilling prophecy, passed off as truth.

E                         F#
So have a drink to your past
E                                F#             G
your deepest thoughts are at the bottom of your glass
What happened to you
B               G
that you can´t see
B               G
you´re everything
B                    G
you said you´d never be

A D E A

Chorus A D E A

Cause no one hands out medals for keeping it real
they dunno what it means and they don´t care how you feel
Cause no one hands out medals for keeping it real
they dunno what it means and they don´t care


(Background Singing: "No hands out Medals")
B                    E               F#          B
So don´t waste your life because the choices are yours
do what you think is right and let that be it´s own reward
So don´t waste your life because the choices are yours
do what you think is right, let be it it´s own reward.