Real Guitar Chords Nichole Nordeman

[Intro]
E7	B	D#m

[Verse 1]
E7							       B	         D#m
Frozen statues in the cold, washed in moonlight blue and gold.
E7						     G#m		F#
Mary's babe in plastic hay, quiet wonder on her face.
E7							B	   D#m
Mary, you look so serene, far too pretty, much too clean.
E7								B		D#m
We might think we know you well, but what stories would you tell?
E			        G#m	       B		      D#m
Of all the dirt and dust and shame, every burning labor pain,
E				F#
And as I turn to walk away, I hear you say...

[Chorus]
       E	F#
I am real.
G#m				E
Don't turn me into memory or myth.
	      E 	   F#
Let me be real. Real.
	G#m				E
And I'll show you what it means to love like this.
	E
To be real.

[Interlude]
E7		B	D#m

[Verse 2]
E7							        B		D#m
Shepherds bending to the ground, Bethlehem is safe and sound.
E7									     B          D#m
Joseph, you look brave and true, but do we know what it was like to be you?
E7			       					B	  D#m
How many sleepless nights awake found you desperate and afraid?
E7					F#
And as I turn to walk away, I hear you say...

[Chorus]
        E        F#
I am real.
G#m				E
Don't turn me into memory or myth.
	        E        F#
Let me be real,    real
	         G#m			        E
And I'll show you what it means to love like this.

[Bridge]
	     C#m					B
To love like you don't even care about the hurry and the hussle,
		C#m					B
Like you are unaware December comes with so much trouble

	    C#m			              B		   E
Cause you believe a baby came not in paintings or in plays
E
But every minute, every hour, every day.

[Chorus]
	B
To be real,
D#m
Real
G#m		B		D#m
	   E	F#
You are real, real
E
Show us what it means to love like this.
	E
To be real
	F#
To be real
     E
More than a memory,
	F#
More than a story.