Imperfect Tense chords by Frank Turner

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
Naked and retched and retching
F 
on a hotel bathroom floor
G 
Somewhere in the city
Am 
Three days not sleeping, not eating,
F 
not feeling good anymore
G 
Drenched in sweat and self-pity now
Dm 
now
F 
It's not a pretty sight

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Verse 2

What to say in my defense?

I was imperfect, tense

Used to have such balance but I

don't know where it went

So won't you be my present

Interlude 1

sense?

Verse 3
Am 
Breaking, I'm shaking, it's taking a long
F 
Long time to come down off this
G 
murderous medication
Am 
Trying to remember my reasons
F 
for running myself
G 
Into the ground with such
dedication
Dm 

Verse 4
F 
G 
Am 
What to say in my defense?
F 
G 
Am 
I was imperfect, tense
F 
G 
Used to have such balance but I
C 
G 
F 
Dm 
don't know where it went
G 
So won't you be my present
Bb 
Am 
sense?

Interlude 2

Sense

Verse 5

It's not meant to be

I am lost at sea

So mermaids sing to me

Verse 6
G 
C 
Of the better times and
the things that can be
F 
And of islands in the Mediterranean sea
C 
And of eating and sleeping
and times when I should
F 
And of washing the drink and
the drugs from my blood
Dm 
G 
And I've nothing to say in my defense
Dm 
G 
I'm far from perfect, I'm still tense
Dm 
But they say that love can
G 
change you once
Dm 
Please say that love can
G 
change me once
F 
Come on change me
F 