E B
I wish that life was like it is in the movies,
C#m A
'cause the hero always gets his way.
E B
No matter how hard it gets on that dark, lonely road,
C#m A
at the end he's got a smile on his face.
E B
But when they threw me out to the lions,
D A
no one saved me as I fell from your grace.
E B
And no one wrote me new lines for what I said wrong,
D A
and what I did wrong I could not erase.
E B
This is real life, this is real love,
C#m A
this is real pain, that much I'm sure of.
E B A B
These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I can't hide
- A ~ ~ E B
I wish that I could be a white knight in armor,
C#m A
with an army just to bring you back home.
E B
But I'll admit I'm scared of dialing your number,
C#m A
and someone else is gonna answer the phone.
E B
Why can't it be like it is on TV,
D A
when the orchestra plays and you come back to me.
REFRAIN
E B
This is real life, this is real love,
C#m A
these are real wounds that I'm bleeding from,
F#m B
and I realize this is real.
D F#m A E
I always thought that our love was a story book tale.
D A F#m - A B B7
God knows that I'd never dream in the end it would fail. 'Cause