C                 G  F
Born on a Sunday
C                    G  F
Every day is Monday
C                  G      F        C           G  F
(That is what I've heard about the real world)
C                  G  F
Up in the morning
C                           G  F
Heading for the schoolyard
C               G       F       C        G  F
(Big boys being bullies make it so hard)

[Chorus]
Ab     Db             F    G
It's a lesson for the real world
Em       Am           F    G
Seems so far away the real world

[Instrumental]
C G F  x4

[Verse 2]
C                        G             F
Up to the bigger school, trying not to be fool
C              G         F
Here I am, new shoes and cagoule
C                G      F      C
Look I'm getting closer to the real world
G                  F
(Tell me where the girls are)
C                         G              F
Thinking about happiness, thinking about Tara
C                      G              F
Thinking about sorrow, thinking about Sara
C               G       F    C          G  F
Sara and Sorrow are the very same word

[Chorus]
Ab    Db               F  G
In my young life I get so hurt
Em     Am             F    G
Will I make it in the real world?

[Instrumental]
C G F  x4

[Bridge]
F                   G
Gluing up my Airfix kit
F/A              G/B
Cigarettes after gym
F/C            G/D
Had a pint of Special Brew
F
Won't do that again

[Instrumental]
C G F  x10

Ab Db F G
Em Am F G

C G F  x2
D A G  x2

[Verse 3]
D                       A         G
Train for examination, (gotta get traction)
D                            A            G
Mickey mouse college course (looking for action)
D                           A       G
Mickey mouse, Lucky Charms, holding back the
D                 A     G
real world, yeah, yeah, yeah
         D               A         G
Now it's Monday morning, I'm still yawning
D                              A               G
Swooping down the city street, heading for the clock on
D               A       G      D         A  G
Bought a 'Daily Record' like a real man

[Chorus]
Bb     Eb             G    A
Well I made it to the real world
F#m         Bm            G    A
But I'm not living in the real world

[Outro]
D A G  x4
E B A  x2
F C Bb  x2
F