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I REALIZED

WORDS & MUSIC:   Earl P. Reinhalter


        INTRO:  G - F - D
                G - F - G - F - D
                C - D - C - D - C - A
                C - D - C - A
                G - F - D
                G - F - G - F - D
                C - D - C - D - C - A
                C - D - C - A


                      G  F      D
            I.  I was so messed up.
                G  F   G   F  D
                I  was really lost
                C  D   C  D C A
                until  I  realized,
                  D C A
                I realized:
                    G  F  D
                the President
                G   F  G  F   D
                is  a  German shepherd.
                C D C A
                I realized,
                  D C A
                I realized
                         A   G  E
                that the moon
                     A   G  E
                is a cube.
                      A  G      E
                I was so messed up
                  A    G  E     Eb   D7
                until  I  knew.


                /// REPEAT INTRO ///


                      G  F   D
           II.  I was in the dark.
                G  F   G   F   D
                I  was really  blind
                C  D   C  D C A
                until  I  realized,
                  D C A
                I realized:
                 G  F D
                America
                G  F G F D
                is imaginary.
                C D C A
                I realized,
                  D C A
                I realized
                        A   G  E
                that my hair
                   A   G  E
                is hard.
                      A   G  E
                I was really blind.
                      A  G   E    Eb   D7
                I was in the dark.


                /// REPEAT INTRO TWICE ///


                A  G      E
          III.  so messed up,
                      A  G   E
                I was in the dark
                       A G E
                'til I realized:
                A   G    E     Eb    D7
                feelings don't prove any-
                G  F  D    G  F  G  F  D
                thing,
                                G  F  D    G  F  G  F  D
                don't prove anything.
                         G  F  D    G  F  G  F  D
                what you feel
                             G  F  D    G  F  G  F  D
                isn't always real.


       ENDING:  G - F - D
                G - F - G - F - D
                G - F - D
                G - F - G - F - D
                G - F - D
                G - F - G - F - D

                (etc., with ad lib vocal)

                  G   F    D
                I realized.
              G F G   F    D
                I realized.
                  G   F    D
                I realized.
              G F G   F    D
                I realized.
                  G   F    D
                I realized.

                (repeat and fade)

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