• Song:

    Present Tense

  • Artist:

    Frank Turner

Intro: B5

B5                                        G5
Naked and retched and retching on a hotel bathroom floor,
A5
somewhere in the City
B5                                              G5
Three days no sleeping, not eating, not feeling good anymore
            A5                   E5                          G5
Drenched in sweat and self-pity now, it's not a pretty sight


G5       A5         B5       G5
What to say in my defense,
G5 A5             B5
I was imperfect tense
G5                 A5              D5          A5        
G5  E5
Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went
E5           A5                  B5
So won't you be my present sense

B5
(Occasionally hammer on and off from 4th fret to 2nd on the D string)

B5                                             G5
Breaking, I'm shaking, it's taking a long long time
                      A5
To come down off this murderous medication
B5                                         G5
Trying to remember, my reasons for running myself
         A5                    E5      G5
into the ground with such dedication


G5       A5         B5       G5
What to say in my defense,
G5 A5             B5
I was imperfect tense
G5                 A5              D5          A5        
G5  E5
Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went
Em           A             Cadd(b9)-A   Em7--A
So won't you be my present sense,     sense


    B5   A5   G5     D5  A5
Cos it's not meant to be
D5 G5  B5   A5  G5
I am lost at sea
   E5 D5     A5    G5  A5
So mermaids sing to me
       D5
Of the better times and the things that can be
         B5
Like the diamonds in the Mediterranean sea
       D5
Or the beatings and sleeping and times that I took
       B5
And of washing the drink and the drugs from my blood
         G5                 A5
And I've nothing to say in my defense
    G5                A5
I'm far from perfect I'm still tense
     G5                 A5
They say that love can change you once
       G5                 A5
Please say that love can change me once
        G5
Come on change me

End on G
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