[Intro]
C#m
[Strophe]
        A 
I don't mind, 
  C#m              B                     A 
Letting you down easy, but just give it time 
      C#m                  B                 A 
If it don't hurt now well just wait, just wait a while 
                    C#m          B       A 
You're not the big fish in the pond no more 
         C#m           B 
You are what they're feeding on 
     A 
So what are you gonna do 
          C#m                      A    C#m 
When the world don't orbit around you? 
    A 
So what are you gonna do 
         C#m                       A    C#m 
When the world don't orbit around you?
[Refrain]
A 
Ain't it fun? 
C#m       B     A        C#m   B 
Living in the real world 
          A 
Ain't it good? 
   C#m   B  A   C#m   B 
Being all alone
[Strophe]
              A 
Where you're from 
      C#m           B                 A 
You might be the one who's running things 
           C#m               B                       A 
Well you can ring anybody's bell and get what you want 
         C#m        B         A 
See it's easy to ignore trouble 
             C#m             B 
When you're living in your bubble  
     A 
So what are you gonna do 
          C#m                      A    C#m 
When the world don't orbit around you? 
     A 
So what are you gonna do 
        C#m                     A    C#m 
When nobody wants to fool with you?
[Refrain]
A 
Ain't it fun? 
C#m       B     A        C#m   B 
Living in the real world 
          A 
Ain't it good? 
   C#m   B  A   C#m   B 
Being all alone
[Interlude]
         A 
Ain't it good to be on your own? 
          C#m                      B 
Ain't it fun you can't count on no one? 
         A 
Ain't it good to be on your own? 
           C#m                     B 
Ain't it fun you can't count on no one? 
         A 
Ain't it fun? 
C#m       B     A        C#m   B 
Living in the real world
[Strophe]
E 
Don't go crying to your mama 
E 
'Cause you're on your own in the real world 
E 
Don't go crying to your mama 
E 
'Cause you're on your own in the real world  
A 
Don't go crying to your mama 
E 
'Cause you're on your own in the real world 
A 
Don't go crying to your mama 
E 
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
[Pont]
N.C. 
Ain't it fun? Ain't it fun? 
N.C. 
Baby, now you're one of us 
N.C. 
Ain't it fun? Ain't it fun? Ain't it fun?
[Refrain]
A 
Ain't it fun? 
C#m       B     A        C#m   B 
Living in the real world 
          A 
Ain't it good? 
   C#m   B  A   C#m   B 
Being all alone  
A 
Ain't it fun? 
C#m       B     A        C#m   B 
Living in the real world ('Cause the world don't orbit around you) 
          A 
Ain't it good? (Ain't it good?) 
   C#m   B  A   C#m   B 
Being all alone
[Outro]
A              C#m      B 
Don't go crying to your mama (run to your mama) 
A                  C#m           B                           A 
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (don't go crying) 
A              C#m      B 
Don't go crying to your mama (run to your mama) 
A                  C#m           B                           A 
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (don't go crying)  
A              C#m      B 
Don't go crying to your mama  
A                  C#m           B                          A 
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (don't go crying) 
A              C#m      B 
Don't go crying to your mama  
A                  C#m           B                          A 
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (don't go crying) 
A              C#m      B 
Don't go crying to your mama  
A                  C#m           B                          A 
'Cause you're on your own in the real world  
A              C#m      B 
Don't go crying to your mama  
A                  C#m           B 
'Cause you're on your own in the real world  
A C#m B