Standard (EADGBE)

Ain't nothing like the real thing, ba-by. Ain't nothing like the real thing.

Ain't nothing like the real thing, ba-by. Ain't nothing like the real thing.

I got your picture hanging on my wall but it can't sing, or come to me -

  when I call your name. I realized it's just a picture in a frame.

 I read your letters but you're not here. They don't move me,

they don't prove it like when I hear your sweet voice whispering in my ear.

 I play my games of fan-ta-sy. I've been down. I don't see reality.

 I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me

 I got some memories to look back on, though they help me when you're gone

 I'm well aware nothing can take the place of you being there.

 No other sound - is quite the same as your name.

 No touch can do half as much - to make me feel better.

Let's stay together. Ah, ah. Ooh.

Ain't nothing like the real thing, ba-by. Ain't nothing like the real thing.

So glad we got the real thing, ba-by. So glad we got the real thing.