A Perfect Wife chords by Frank Turner

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

For the picking pattern see Frank's tutorial on youtube.

Intro:
C majorC G+G A minorAm
FF G+G C majorC
C G+G A minorAm
FF G+G C majorC

Verse 1:
C majorC           G+G   A minorAm
I married Charlie when I was sixteen
 FF               G+G   C majorC
But I didn't love him and he didn't love me
 C majorC            G+G A minorAm
Frank was sweet, sent me poetry
 FF              G+G   C majorC
But it wasn't the same as it was on TV

Interlude:
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G C majorC x2

Verse 2:
C majorC            G+G  A minorAm
A augmentedA lonely widow with no place to go
 FF              G+G   C majorC
For a time I settled on the Florida coast
 C majorC           G+G   A minorAm
Rick and Arlie, they had to go
  FF           G+G    C majorC
To join the rest of my family's ghosts

Interlude:
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G C majorC x2

Chorus:
  A minorAm G+G  C majorC
And oh, oh, oh
  FF        G+G   C majorC
I haven't been a perfect wife
    A minorAm G+G  FF
I'm a lonely heart
  FF       G+G        C majorC
Looking for the real romance of my life

Interlude:
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G C majorC x2

Verse 3:
  C majorC                G+G  A minorAm
Now Sam was a hard man with a real mean streak
    FF         G+G    C majorC
Said women don't need romance magazines
 C majorC            G+G  A minorAm
But I showed him with his last coffee
   FF               G+G    C majorC
And now they can do anything they like with me

Chorus:
  A minorAm G+G  C majorC
And oh, oh, oh
  FF        G+G   C majorC
I haven't been a perfect wife
    A minorAm G+G  FF
I'm a lonely heart
  FF       G+G        C majorC
Looking for the real romance of my life

Bridge:
     DmDm     A minorAm
Take it easy, don't worry
     G+G
I'll be fine in here
   DmDm        A minorAm
I'm sure I'll find my perfect mate yet
      G+G
And my conscience is clear

Interlude:
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G C majorC x2

Verse 4:
    C majorC                G+G  A minorAm
Didn't do it for the money, in truth I was bored
  FF         G+G  C majorC
Nobody writes to me anymore
  C majorC       G+G  A minorAm
Cigarettes and prison walls
  FF            G+G    C majorC
Will keep me company till I meet the Lord

And Lord knows that


Chorus:
  A minorAm G+G  C majorC
And oh, oh, oh
  FF        G+G   C majorC
I haven't been a perfect wife
    A minorAm G+G  FF
I'm a lonely heart
  FF       G+G        C majorC
Looking for the real romance of my life

  A minorAm G+G  C majorC
And oh, oh, oh
  FF        G+G   C majorC
I haven't been a perfect wife
    A minorAm G+G  FF
I'm a lonely heart
  FF       G+G        C majorC
Looking for the real romance of my life

Interlude:
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G
FF A minorAm

Outro:
 DmDm       A minorAm
Take it easy, don't worry
     G+G
I'll be fine in here