Imperfect Tense Chords by Frank Turner
Tempo:
150.1 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
Bm
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N]
[Bb] [Em] [Bm]
[B] Naked and wretched and [Bm] retching on [G] a hotel bathroom floor
[A] Somewhere in the city [Bm] in three days
Not [B] sleeping, not eating, not feeling [G] good anymore
Getting [A] sweaty, self [E]-pitying now
It's not a pretty [G] sight
What to [A] say in my [Bm] defence
[G]
I [A] was in perfect [Bm] tense
[G] Used to have [A] such balance
But [D] I don't know where [G] it went
So [A] it should be my present sense
[Bm]
Breaking, I'm shaking
It's taking a long, long [G] time
To come down on [A] this nervous medication
[Bm] Trying to remember my reasons
For running [G] myself into [A] the ground
With such [Em] dedication
[G]
What [A] to say in my [Bm] defence
[G]
I [A] was in perfect [Bm] tense
I [G] used to have [A] such balance
But [D] I don't know where [G] it went
[Em] So [A] it should be my present [C]
sense
[B]
[Bb]
[A]
[Em]
[D] It's [G] not [A] necessary
[D]
I [Bm] am [A] lost [G] at sea
[E] It's not amazing [A] to me
[D] For the better times and the things that could be
[G] Had I followed you to bed it's a rainy sea
[D] Had I been weeping and sleeping at times that I [G] should
Had I more seen the drink and the drugs to my body
[Em] But I'm not here to say [A] in my defence
[Em] I'm wrong, I [A] think I'm still tense
[Em] But please say that love [A] can't change you
Once [Em] please say that love [A] can't change me
[G] Once, God, change me
[Bb] [Em] [Bm]
[B] Naked and wretched and [Bm] retching on [G] a hotel bathroom floor
[A] Somewhere in the city [Bm] in three days
Not [B] sleeping, not eating, not feeling [G] good anymore
Getting [A] sweaty, self [E]-pitying now
It's not a pretty [G] sight
What to [A] say in my [Bm] defence
[G]
I [A] was in perfect [Bm] tense
[G] Used to have [A] such balance
But [D] I don't know where [G] it went
So [A] it should be my present sense
[Bm]
Breaking, I'm shaking
It's taking a long, long [G] time
To come down on [A] this nervous medication
[Bm] Trying to remember my reasons
For running [G] myself into [A] the ground
With such [Em] dedication
[G]
What [A] to say in my [Bm] defence
[G]
I [A] was in perfect [Bm] tense
I [G] used to have [A] such balance
But [D] I don't know where [G] it went
[Em] So [A] it should be my present [C]
sense
[B]
[Bb]
[A]
[Em]
[D] It's [G] not [A] necessary
[D]
I [Bm] am [A] lost [G] at sea
[E] It's not amazing [A] to me
[D] For the better times and the things that could be
[G] Had I followed you to bed it's a rainy sea
[D] Had I been weeping and sleeping at times that I [G] should
Had I more seen the drink and the drugs to my body
[Em] But I'm not here to say [A] in my defence
[Em] I'm wrong, I [A] think I'm still tense
[Em] But please say that love [A] can't change you
Once [Em] please say that love [A] can't change me
[G] Once, God, change me
Key:
A
G
Bm
Em
D
A
G
Bm
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
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[B] Naked and wretched and [Bm] retching on [G] a hotel bathroom floor
[A] Somewhere in the city [Bm] in three days
Not [B] sleeping, not eating, not feeling [G] good anymore
Getting [A] sweaty, self [E]-pitying now
_ It's not a pretty [G] sight _
What to [A] say in my _ [Bm] defence
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
I [A] was in perfect [Bm] tense
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Used to have [A] such balance
But [D] I don't know where [G] it went _ _ _ _ _
So [A] it should be my present sense
[Bm] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Breaking, I'm shaking
It's taking a long, long [G] time
To come down on [A] this nervous medication
[Bm] Trying to remember my reasons
For running [G] myself into [A] the ground
With such _ [Em] dedication
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
What [A] to say in my [Bm] defence
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
I [A] was in perfect [Bm] tense
_ I _ _ _ [G] used to have [A] such balance
But [D] I don't know where [G] it _ _ went _
[Em] So [A] it should be my present _ [C]
sense
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] It's [G] not _ _ [A] necessary _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
I [Bm] am _ [A] lost [G] at _ sea
_ _ _ _ [E] It's not _ amazing _ [A] to _ me
_ _ _ [D] For the better times and the things that could be
[G] Had I followed you to bed it's a rainy sea
[D] Had I been weeping and sleeping at times that I [G] should
Had I more seen the drink and the drugs to my body
[Em] But I'm not here to say [A] in my defence
[Em] I'm wrong, I [A] think I'm still tense
[Em] But please say that love [A] can't change you
Once [Em] please say that love [A] can't change me
[G] Once, God, change me _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
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[B] Naked and wretched and [Bm] retching on [G] a hotel bathroom floor
[A] Somewhere in the city [Bm] in three days
Not [B] sleeping, not eating, not feeling [G] good anymore
Getting [A] sweaty, self [E]-pitying now
_ It's not a pretty [G] sight _
What to [A] say in my _ [Bm] defence
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
I [A] was in perfect [Bm] tense
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Used to have [A] such balance
But [D] I don't know where [G] it went _ _ _ _ _
So [A] it should be my present sense
[Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Breaking, I'm shaking
It's taking a long, long [G] time
To come down on [A] this nervous medication
[Bm] Trying to remember my reasons
For running [G] myself into [A] the ground
With such _ [Em] dedication
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
What [A] to say in my [Bm] defence
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
I [A] was in perfect [Bm] tense
_ I _ _ _ [G] used to have [A] such balance
But [D] I don't know where [G] it _ _ went _
[Em] So [A] it should be my present _ [C]
sense
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] It's [G] not _ _ [A] necessary _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
I [Bm] am _ [A] lost [G] at _ sea
_ _ _ _ [E] It's not _ amazing _ [A] to _ me
_ _ _ [D] For the better times and the things that could be
[G] Had I followed you to bed it's a rainy sea
[D] Had I been weeping and sleeping at times that I [G] should
Had I more seen the drink and the drugs to my body
[Em] But I'm not here to say [A] in my defence
[Em] I'm wrong, I [A] think I'm still tense
[Em] But please say that love [A] can't change you
Once [Em] please say that love [A] can't change me
[G] Once, God, change me _ _ _ _ _ _
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