Frank Turner

Imperfect Tense(Chords)

Frank Turner

Key: Bm

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	        (intro) Bm 

Bm                                        G 
Naked and retched and retching on a hotel bathroom floor 
A 
Somewhere in the City 
Bm                                              G 
Three days no sleeping, not eating, not feeling good anymore 
A                               E                    G 
Drenched in sweat and self-pity now, it's not a pretty sight 
        A            Bm   G  A               Bm 
What to say in my defense, I was imperfect tense 
G               A               D          A         Bm  G 
Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went 
   A                         Bm 
So won't you be my present sense 

( Bm ) 

Bm                                             G 
Breaking, I'm shaking, it's taking a long long time 
              A                          Bm 
To come down off this murderous medication 
                                           G 
Trying to remember, my reasons for running myself 
         A                         E 
Into the ground with such dedication 
G       A            Bm   G  A               Bm 
What to say in my defense, I was imperfect tense 
G               A               D          A         Bm  G 
Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went 
   A                        C5    B5   Bb  A 
So won't you be my present sense 

B5       A5  G5   F#5 A 
Cos it's not meant to be 
D5 C5 B5   A  G 
 I am lost at sea 
  G5  F#5   Em   A4 A 
So mermaids sing to me 

D 
Of the better times and the things that can be 
         G 
Like the diamonds in the Mediterranean sea 
       D 
Or the beatings and sleeping and times that I took 
       G                                             (Em) 
And of washing the drink and the drugs from my blood 

         G                 A 
And I've nothing to say in my defense 
    G                    A 
I'm far from perfect I'm still tense 
     G                 A 
They say that love can change you once 
       G                 A 
Please say that love can change me once 
      Bm 
Come on change me
	        

Written by Frank Turner

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