D A/D Em/D D Em/D D G7M Em7 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.

^D9I got your ^Dpicture hanging ^Em7on my^D/F# wall but^G it can't sing, or^F#sus come to^F# me - when I ^Bmcall your name. I^Am7 realized it's^G7M just a pictu^Gre in^D a frame. I read your l^Detters but ^Em7you're not^D/F# here. ^G They don't move me, ^F#susthey don't ^F#prove it like ^Bmwhen I hear^Am7 your sweet voice^G7M whisperi^Gng in ^Dmy ear.

I play my ^Dgames of ^Em7fan-ta^D/F#-sy. ^G I've been down^F#sus. I don't^F# see r^Bmeality. I ^Am7need the shelter ^G7Mof your arms t^Go comfor^Dt me I got some ^Dmemories to ^Em7look bac^D/F#k on, ^Gthough they help me^F#sus when you're ^F#gone I'm ^Bmwell aware^Am7 nothing can^G7M take the place of y^Gou bei^Dng there.

F#m F#/A# Bm No other sound - is quite the same as your name. D7/A G7M D/A Bm7 D/E No touch can do half as much - to make me feel better. E9 G/A A G/A A G/A A G/A A Let's stay together. Ah, ah. Ooh. D A/D Em/D D Em/D D G7M Em7 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.

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Aint nothing like the real thing