Biography:
Russell Morris (born July 1948) is an Australian singer-songwriter, who had many Australian Number 1 singles throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s.
His most successful song was The Real Thing, written by Johnny Young, and produced by Ian Meldrum. It was the biggest selling Australian Single of 1969, and was released when Morris was 20 years old. The song was released in two halves on a small label in the United States of America and received limited international success as a result
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The real thing - Russell Morris
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Tabbed by:Drex088
Tuning: eADGBE
e|---0---------------2-----------------------|
B|------0----------3---------2---------------|
G|---------4-----2---------2----1--1--1--1--1| X2
D|-------------0---------2------2--2--2--2--2|
A|-0-------------------0--------2--2--2--2--2|
E|------------------------------0--0--0--0--0|
B D A E
e|-2---2-----------|
A|-2---3---2-------|
D|-4---2---2---1---|
G|-4---0---2---2---|
B|-2-------0---2---|
E|-------------0---|
B D
Come and see the real thing
A E
Come and see the real thing
B
Come and see
B D
Come and see the real thing
A E
Come and see the real thing
B
Come and see
B E A
There's a meaning there but the meaning there
E B
Doesn't really mean a thing
D
Come and see the real thing
A E
Come and see the real thing
B
Come and see
B
I am the real thing thing
D F G Bb D
E |--2----5----7----10----2-----|
B |--3----6----8----11----3-----|
G |--2----5----7----10----2-----|
D |-----------------------------|
A |-----------------------------|
E |-----------------------------|
D
Ooh mow ma mow mow
F
Ooh mow ma mow mow
G
Ooh mow ma mow mow
Bb
Ooh mow ma mow mow
D
Ooh mow ma mow ma mow
mow ma mow ma mow
ma ma mow ma mow ma ma mow
D
I am not seeing you
D
I am not seeing you
D
Ooh mow ma mow mow
F
Ooh mow ma mow mow
G
Ooh mow ma mow mow
Bb
Ooh mow ma mow mow
D
Ooh mow ma mow ma mow
F
mow ma mow ma mow
G
ma ma mow ma mow
Bb
ma ma mow
Repeat
B D A
Trying hard to understand
E
But really not
E B
You are seeing me
B D A
Trying hard to understand
A E
But really not
E
You are seeing me
B E A
There's a meaning there but the meaning there
E B
Doesn't really mean a thing
B D A
Trying hard to understand
A E
But really not
E
You are seeing me
B
I am the real thing thing
D
Ooh mow ma mow mow......
The real thing - Russell Morris
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Tabbed by:Drex088
Tuning: eADGBE
e|---0---------------2-----------------------|
B|------0----------3---------2---------------|
G|---------4-----2---------2----1--1--1--1--1| X2
D|-------------0---------2------2--2--2--2--2|
A|-0-------------------0--------2--2--2--2--2|
E|------------------------------0--0--0--0--0|
B D A E
e|-2---2-----------|
A|-2---3---2-------|
D|-4---2---2---1---|
G|-4---0---2---2---|
B|-2-------0---2---|
E|-------------0---|
B D
Come and see the real thing
A E
Come and see the real thing
B
Come and see
B D
Come and see the real thing
A E
Come and see the real thing
B
Come and see
B E A
There's a meaning there but the meaning there
E B
Doesn't really mean a thing
D
Come and see the real thing
A E
Come and see the real thing
B
Come and see
B
I am the real thing thing
D F G Bb D
E |--2----5----7----10----2-----|
B |--3----6----8----11----3-----|
G |--2----5----7----10----2-----|
D |-----------------------------|
A |-----------------------------|
E |-----------------------------|
D
Ooh mow ma mow mow
F
Ooh mow ma mow mow
G
Ooh mow ma mow mow
Bb
Ooh mow ma mow mow
D
Ooh mow ma mow ma mow
mow ma mow ma mow
ma ma mow ma mow ma ma mow
D
I am not seeing you
D
I am not seeing you
D
Ooh mow ma mow mow
F
Ooh mow ma mow mow
G
Ooh mow ma mow mow
Bb
Ooh mow ma mow mow
D
Ooh mow ma mow ma mow
F
mow ma mow ma mow
G
ma ma mow ma mow
Bb
ma ma mow
Repeat
B D A
Trying hard to understand
E
But really not
E B
You are seeing me
B D A
Trying hard to understand
A E
But really not
E
You are seeing me
B E A
There's a meaning there but the meaning there
E B
Doesn't really mean a thing
B D A
Trying hard to understand
A E
But really not
E
You are seeing me
B
I am the real thing thing
D
Ooh mow ma mow mow......
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