A E
I wish that life was like it is in the movies,
F#m D
'cause the hero always gets his way.
A E
No matter how hard it gets on that dark, lonely road,
F#m D
at the end he's got a smile on his face.
A E
But when they threw me out to the lions,
G D
no one saved me as I fell from your grace.
A E
And no one wrote me new lines for what I said wrong,
G D
and what I did wrong I could not erase.
A E
This is real life, this is real love,
F#m D
this is real pain, that much I'm sure of.
A E D E
These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I can't hide
- D ~ ~ A E
I wish that I could be a white knight in armor,
F#m D
with an army just to bring you back home.
A E
But I'll admit I'm scared of dialing your number,
F#m D
and someone else is gonna answer the phone.
A E
Why can't it be like it is on TV,
G D
when the orchestra plays and you come back to me.
REFRAIN
A E
This is real life, this is real love,
F#m D
these are real wounds that I'm bleeding from,
Bm E
and I realize this is real.
G Bm D A
I always thought that our love was a story book tale.
G D Bm - D E E7
God knows that I'd never dream in the end it would fail. 'Cause