• Song:

    Imperfect Tense

  • Artist:

    Frank Turner

  • Album:

    Love Ire & Song

(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
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