Teenage Perfectionist chords by Anne Reburn

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Bbm

Intro:

Am  Am/G  Am/F
Dm     F

Verse 1:
   Am
He said you’ll never get there if you keep going like this
F                                                  C
6 months of worry packed into my nervousness and I cried
Am        F     Am         F
Hand over hand, hand on my thigh
Am F  Am F
2010, 2009

Chorus:
C           G
He saw that I was scared
Am         F
I guess he tried to help
C          G
I took the turns too wide
Am          F
Of course I blame myself
Dm                  F
Not used to trying, one little slip
  G                             F                   C
A dagger through the heart of a teenage perfectionist

Verse 2:
  Am
I wonder if he realized when he reached onto my side
F                                                  C
That I was frozen in a moment I’d replay inside my mind
N.C.
So many times
Am        F     Am         F
Hand over hand, hand on my thigh
Am F  Am F
2010, 2009

Chorus:
C            G
He called me beautiful
Am             F
I was learning how to drive
C          G
Devastated if I couldn't
Am               F
Get it right on the first try
Dm                  F
Not used to trying, one little slip
  G                             F                   C
A dagger through the heart of a teenage perfectionist

Bridge:
Am      F
Amadd9  F
Am      F
Amadd9  F

G                 F
Nothing good ever happens
           Dm       G
Behind the high school

Chorus:
C        G
If I had done it right
Am        F
If I wouldn't have cried
C              G
Of course it's my mistake
Am            F
That keeps me up at night
Dm                  F
Not used to trying, one little slip
Dm                  F
A moment in time, a fifteen year hit
  G                             F                   C
A dagger through the heart of a teenage perfectionist

Outro:
D
Looking down at my orange pants
  F
I thought of how I’d picked them out that
Ab
Morning to match my
Bb
Wallet with the flowers