Chords for Tim Minchin - Not Perfect
Tempo:
117.4 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
This is my Earth, [E] and I live in it.
[D] It's one third dirt and [Dm]
two thirds water.
rotates and revolves through space at rather an impressive pace.
up my [A] hair.
[F#m] And here's the really weird thing.
[B] created by its spin [D] is the force that stops [A] the chaos [E] flooding in.
This is [F#] my Earth, [F#m] and [D] it's fine.
[D] It's one third dirt and [Dm]
two thirds water.
rotates and revolves through space at rather an impressive pace.
up my [A] hair.
[F#m] And here's the really weird thing.
[B] created by its spin [D] is the force that stops [A] the chaos [E] flooding in.
This is [F#] my Earth, [F#m] and [D] it's fine.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ This is my Earth, _ _ [E] and I live in it. _ _
[D] It's one third dirt and [Dm]
two thirds water.
_ [A] And it rotates and revolves through space at rather an impressive pace.
[D] And never even [G] messes up my [A] hair. _ _ _ _
[F#m] And here's the really weird thing.
The force [B] created by its spin [D] is the force that stops [A] the chaos [E] flooding in. _ _
This is [F#] my Earth, [F#m] _ and [D] it's fine.
_ _ _ _ It's [E] where I spend the vast [C#] majority of my time.
[F#] It's [D] not perfect, _ but it's [A] mine. _ _
It's [Bm] not perfect. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ This is [A] my country, _ [E] _ and I [E] live in it. _ _
[D] It's pretty _ big and [Dm] nice to walk on.
And the [A] bloke who runs my country has built a _ demagoguery _ [D] and taught us to be [Dm] fearful and [A] boring. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] And the weirdest [F#m] thing is that he is _ [B]
conservative of politics, [D] but really [A] rather radical of [E] eyebrows. _ _
This [F#] is my [F#m] country, and [D] it's fine.
_ _ _ _ [E]
It's where I spend the vast majority [C#] of my [F#] time.
It's [Bm] not perfect, [D] _
_ [A] but it's mine.
_ It's [Bm] not perfect.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ This [A] is my house, _ [C#] and I live in it.
[D] It's made of cracks and [Dm] _ photographs.
_ We [A] rented off a guy who bought it from a guy who bought it [D] from a guy whose [G] granddad left it [A] to him.
_ _ _ [F#m] And the weirdest thing is that this house [B] has locks to keep the baddies out, [D] but they're mostly [A] used to lock ourselves [E] in. _ _
This [F#] is my _ [F#m] house, and [D] it's fine.
_ _ _ [E] It's where I spend the vast majority [C#] of my [F#] time.
It's [Bm] not perfect, [D] _
but [A] it's mine.
_ It's [Bm] not perfect, _ [D] _ but [G] it's mine.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C#] This is [A]
my body, _ _ and [E] I live in it.
_ _ [D] It's 31 _ _ [Dm] and 6 months old.
[A] It's changed a lot since it was new.
It's done stuff it wasn't built to do.
[D] I often [G] try to fill it up [A] with wine. _ _
_ [F#m] And the weirdest thing about it is,
I spend [B] so much time hating it, but [D] it never says [A] a bad word [E] about me. _
_ This is [F#] my body, _ [F#m] _
and [D] it's fine. _ _ _
[E] It's where I spend the vast [C#] majority [F#m] of my [F#] time.
[Bm] It's not perfect, [D] _ but [A] it's mine. _ _
It's [Bm] not perfect. _ _
This [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ is my [A] brain, _ _ _ _ [C#] and I live in it.
_ [D] It's made of love and [Dm] bad song lyrics.
_ [A] _ It's tucked away behind my eyes, where all my fucked up thoughts can [D] hide.
Cause God forbid I hurt [A] somebody.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] And the weirdest thing about a mind, is [B] that every answer that you find,
is the [D] basis [A] of a brand new _ [E] cliché.
_ _ _ This [F#] is my brain, _ [F#m] _ and it's fine.
_ _ _ _ [E] It's where I spend the vast majority [C#] _ of my [F#m]
[F#] time.
It's [D] not perfect, _ _ but it's [A] mine.
_ _ It's [D] not perfect, _ _ _ but it's [A] mine.
_ It's [Bm] not perfect. _ _
_ _ [A] I'm not quite sure I've worked out [D] how to work it.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ It's not [Bm] perfect, _ [D] _ but [G] it's mine. _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C#] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ This is my Earth, _ _ [E] and I live in it. _ _
[D] It's one third dirt and [Dm]
two thirds water.
_ [A] And it rotates and revolves through space at rather an impressive pace.
[D] And never even [G] messes up my [A] hair. _ _ _ _
[F#m] And here's the really weird thing.
The force [B] created by its spin [D] is the force that stops [A] the chaos [E] flooding in. _ _
This is [F#] my Earth, [F#m] _ and [D] it's fine.
_ _ _ _ It's [E] where I spend the vast [C#] majority of my time.
[F#] It's [D] not perfect, _ but it's [A] mine. _ _
It's [Bm] not perfect. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ This is [A] my country, _ [E] _ and I [E] live in it. _ _
[D] It's pretty _ big and [Dm] nice to walk on.
And the [A] bloke who runs my country has built a _ demagoguery _ [D] and taught us to be [Dm] fearful and [A] boring. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] And the weirdest [F#m] thing is that he is _ [B]
conservative of politics, [D] but really [A] rather radical of [E] eyebrows. _ _
This [F#] is my [F#m] country, and [D] it's fine.
_ _ _ _ [E]
It's where I spend the vast majority [C#] of my [F#] time.
It's [Bm] not perfect, [D] _
_ [A] but it's mine.
_ It's [Bm] not perfect.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ This [A] is my house, _ [C#] and I live in it.
[D] It's made of cracks and [Dm] _ photographs.
_ We [A] rented off a guy who bought it from a guy who bought it [D] from a guy whose [G] granddad left it [A] to him.
_ _ _ [F#m] And the weirdest thing is that this house [B] has locks to keep the baddies out, [D] but they're mostly [A] used to lock ourselves [E] in. _ _
This [F#] is my _ [F#m] house, and [D] it's fine.
_ _ _ [E] It's where I spend the vast majority [C#] of my [F#] time.
It's [Bm] not perfect, [D] _
but [A] it's mine.
_ It's [Bm] not perfect, _ [D] _ but [G] it's mine.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C#] This is [A]
my body, _ _ and [E] I live in it.
_ _ [D] It's 31 _ _ [Dm] and 6 months old.
[A] It's changed a lot since it was new.
It's done stuff it wasn't built to do.
[D] I often [G] try to fill it up [A] with wine. _ _
_ [F#m] And the weirdest thing about it is,
I spend [B] so much time hating it, but [D] it never says [A] a bad word [E] about me. _
_ This is [F#] my body, _ [F#m] _
and [D] it's fine. _ _ _
[E] It's where I spend the vast [C#] majority [F#m] of my [F#] time.
[Bm] It's not perfect, [D] _ but [A] it's mine. _ _
It's [Bm] not perfect. _ _
This [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ is my [A] brain, _ _ _ _ [C#] and I live in it.
_ [D] It's made of love and [Dm] bad song lyrics.
_ [A] _ It's tucked away behind my eyes, where all my fucked up thoughts can [D] hide.
Cause God forbid I hurt [A] somebody.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] And the weirdest thing about a mind, is [B] that every answer that you find,
is the [D] basis [A] of a brand new _ [E] cliché.
_ _ _ This [F#] is my brain, _ [F#m] _ and it's fine.
_ _ _ _ [E] It's where I spend the vast majority [C#] _ of my [F#m]
[F#] time.
It's [D] not perfect, _ _ but it's [A] mine.
_ _ It's [D] not perfect, _ _ _ but it's [A] mine.
_ It's [Bm] not perfect. _ _
_ _ [A] I'm not quite sure I've worked out [D] how to work it.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ It's not [Bm] perfect, _ [D] _ but [G] it's mine. _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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