Only Love Is Real

written by Carole King
performed by Carole King
from "Thoroughbred", 1976

[Capo on the 3rd fret]

Em7  A6/9   (4x)

Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
                   BmBm Piano Chord 

As I bask in the glow of a just-lit fire
Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
                       Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 

feeling the warmth as the flame grows higher
Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
                    A6/9A6/9 Piano Chord 
                  Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 

I think it's true that nothing is really new under the sun
Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
                E7E7 Piano Chord 

watching a new love grow from old love's embers
Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
                    E7E7 Piano Chord 

yesterday's gone but today remembers
Em7/BEm7/B Piano Chord 
                   A7sus4A7sus4 Piano Chord 
            Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 
        Asus4Asus4 Piano Chord 
 Gmaj7Gmaj7 Piano Chord 

doesn't it seem to come down the same for everyone?

DD Piano Chord 
       A11A11 Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 
                 A11A11 Piano Chord 

Only love is real, everything else illusion
DD Piano Chord 
                F#m7/C#F#m7/C# Piano Chord 
  F#m7F#m7 Piano Chord 
    BmBm Piano Chord 
        E7E7 Piano Chord 
      AA Piano Chord 
      Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 

adding to the confusion   of the  way we connive at being alive
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Piano Chord 
     Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
       F#m7F#m7 Piano Chord 
      F#7F#7 Piano Chord 

tracing a line till we can define
BmBm Piano Chord 
           Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
        E7E7 Piano Chord 

the thing that allows us to feel
Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 
   A11A11 Piano Chord 
        Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 
   A11A11 Piano Chord 

only love is real, only love is real.

Em7  A6/9  (4x)

Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
                   BmBm Piano Chord 

Childhood dreams like muddy waters
Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
                      Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 

flowing through me to my son and daughters
Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
               A6/9A6/9 Piano Chord 
                    Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 

everything I ever thought is confirmed as truth to me
Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
                E7E7 Piano Chord 

even as I see the way that I want to go now
Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
                E7E7 Piano Chord 

still I wish I had known twhat I know now
Em7/BEm7/B Piano Chord 
              A7sus4A7sus4 Piano Chord 
                 Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 
        Asus4Asus4 Piano Chord 
 Gmaj7Gmaj7 Piano Chord 

maybe I could have spared you giving your youth to me.

DD Piano Chord 
       A11A11 Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 
                 A11A11 Piano Chord 

Only love is real, everything else illusion
DD Piano Chord 
                F#m7/C#F#m7/C# Piano Chord 
  F#m7F#m7 Piano Chord 
    BmBm Piano Chord 
        E7E7 Piano Chord 
       AA Piano Chord 
          Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 

adding to the confusion   of the  way we contrive to just stay alive
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Piano Chord 
     Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
       F#m7F#m7 Piano Chord 
      F#7F#7 Piano Chord 

tracing a line till we can define
BmBm Piano Chord 
           Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
        E7E7 Piano Chord 

the thing that allows us to feel
Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 
   A11A11 Piano Chord 
        Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 
   A11A11 Piano Chord 

only love is real, only love is real,
Dmaj9Dmaj9 Piano Chord 
   A11A11 Piano Chord 
        Dmaj7Dmaj7 Piano Chord 
   A11A11 Piano Chord 

only love is real, only love is real.

Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
  A6/9A6/9 Piano Chord 


Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
    = 022030
Em7/B  = x20000
A6/9   = x04420
A11    = x02433 or x00000
A7sus4 = x02030
Asus4  = x02230
Dmaj7  = xx0222
Dmaj9  = xx0220
Gmaj7  = 3x0002

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