A                   F#m7
  Moving outside Topeka
E                      G#m7
  Jeannie gonna buy a big house there
A                 F#m7
  Split level, a cul-de-sac
E                             G#m7
  Jeannie gonna get her some big hair, yeah
A                      F#m7
  Gonna find a father figure
E                           G#m7
  'Cause she, 'cause she a deadbeat dad who's crushed cigarettes
A                       F#m7
  Jeannie gonna find a keeper
E                         G#m7
  Gonna find a keeper to treat her well


[Chorus]
A                          F#m7
  But the world don't stop
E                             G#m7
  Even when you're living in colour
A                          F#m7
  No, the world don't stop
E                             G#m7
  Time is only gonna pass you by
               A        F#m7   E   G#m7
Now you're in real life


[Verse 2]
A                      F#m7
  Mmm, little boy, go 'coo coo coo coo coo'
E                       G#m7
  Mmm, new clothes, new sho-o-o-o-oes
A                 F#m7
  White linen and lavishly perfumed
E                  G#m7
  Oh, you're gonna paint that apple blue-ue-ue


[Chorus]
A                          F#m7
  But the world don't stop
E                                 G#m7
  Mmm even when you're living in colour
A                          F#m7
  No, the world don't stop
E                             G#m7
  Time is only gonna pass you by
               A        F#m7
Now you're in real life
               E        G#m7
Now you're in real life
               A        F#m7
Now you're in real life
               E        G#m7
Now you're in real life


[Outro]
A                          F#m7
  But the world don't stop
E                                 G#m7
  Mmm even when you're living in colour
A                          F#m7
  No, the world don't stop
E                             G#m7
  Time is only gonna pass you by
               A        F#m7
Now you're in real life
               E        G#m7
Now you're in real life
               A        F#m7
Now you're in real life
               E        G#m7
Now you're in real life
               A        F#m7
Now you're in real life
               E        G#m7
Now you're in real life