G               C     G
Love is it the real thing?
G            C     G    D
Give me the real thing love!
G                 C     G
Love...is it the real thing?
G            C     G    D
Give me the real thing love!

[verse]

C          G/B      Dsus2/A     G
I've been trying to leave you alone
      C      G/B     Dsus2/A G
But I get so lonesome on my own
C       G/B     Dsus2/A   G
I keep checking my cell phone
     C           G/B       Dsus2/A   G     D
For missed calls from your mother's home...
   C                             D
I guess you could say that I'm desperate-

[chorus]

G               C    G
Love is it the real thing?
G            C     G    D
Give me the real thing love!
G                   C     G
Love...give me the real thing!
G    C     G    D
The real thing Love!

[verse]

C       G/B   Dsus2/A G
I'm not crazy, I'm alone.
G  C       G/B       Dsus2/A  G
I wait for friends I used to know.
C         G/B    Dsus2/A  G
You've got to be pretty cold
G    C     G/B    Dsus2/A G
To lead me on and let me go...
   D
In love...

[middle eight]

C                          D       Em
Everything feels like it's out of control
   C                            D
I guess you could say that I'm out of it...

[chorus]

G               C     G
Love is it the real thing?
G     C    G         C    G
The real thing! The real thing!
G
Love....

Piano/slide guitar solo over verse x1

   C         G/B     Dsus2/A  G
If you don't love me let me know,
       C      G/B    Dsus2/A   G
Don't lead me down a dead-end road.
G    C     G     D
You're raking me over the coals,
   C         G/B   Dsus2/A
I guess that I'm a fool in...

[chorus]

 G              C     G
Love is it the real thing?
G    C     G    D
The real thing love.
G                    C     G
Love...give me the real thing
G    C     G    D
The real thing love....

[end chorus]

G                 C     G
Love give me the real thing!
G     C    G         C     G    D
The real thing! The real thing love...
G                 C     G
Love...is it the real thing?
G     C    G
The real thing?
G     C    G
The real thing?
G     C    G
The real thing?
D
Love....
    C                           D           G
I guess you could say that I'm desperate enough.