Topic: Life Ain't Like the Movies

Just an observation about movies, and how most movies are an escape from our daily routines.

Life Ain’t Like the Movies By Jeff Gilpin


December 23, 2013




Verse 1


[G]Life ain’t like the movies


Or [Em]story books that I read


Where the [C]people get in trouble


But it [D]all works out in the end.


Or they [G]get some moral lesson


Or maybe [Em]God steps in and helps them


To [C]figure out the meaning


Of [D]what their life’s about.




Chorus 1

[C]Real life’s for [D]living [G]ain’t it,


And to [C]forget or for[D]giving [G]too.


[C]Your best friend may [D]die,


And you can’t [Em]save him


Because [G]life ain’t life [D] like in the [G]movies.




Verse 2


[G]People in the movies are


Not [Em]like the folks that we meet.


[C]Plain old folk are some how


Missing [D]from the silver screen.


[G]Heroes are always handsome,


And their [Em]women nice and then some,


And even the [C]bad guys and gals



Still look [D]better than you and me.




Chorus 2

[C]Real life is for [D]plain old folk [G]ain’t it.


[C]Most with stories [D]no one wants to [G]hear,


But we still [C]gaze at movie [D]stars,


And their [Em]fancy cars and houses


Because [G]our lives are never [D]lives like in the [G]movies.




Verse 3


But [G]every now and then you’ll see


[Em]One that catches your eye


[C]From the silver screen that is


[D]Almost like real life,


But [G]most of us will look on past


To other [Em]movies more like the rest


[C]Because we get enough


Of the [D]real life every single day.




Chorus 3

[C]Real life is [D]not for movies, [G]no sir.


That’s [C]just for simply [D]living day in day [G]out.


Movies are our [C]break from the daily [D]grind,


A look out[Em]side the mediocre


[G]Real life ain’t [D]life like in the [G]movies.



J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

Re: Life Ain't Like the Movies

Good song jeff,you rarely see ugly people or dirty dishes in tv shows or the movies!!

my papy said son your going too drive me too drinking if you dont stop driving that   Hot  Rod  Lincoln!! Cmdr cody and his lost planet airman

Re: Life Ain't Like the Movies

Thanks Dino - yep, and it is for a good reason movies never have stuff like that.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C