Imperfect Tense chords by Frank Turner

Intro:
Am*


Verse 1:
Am                                        Fsus2
Naked and retched and retching on a hotel bathroom floor
Gsus2
Somewhere in the city
Am                                               Fsus2
Three days not sleeping, not eating, not feeling good anymore
            Gsus2               Dm
Drenched in sweat and self-pity now
Dm                       Fsus2
It's not a pretty sight

Chorus:
        Gsus2        Am*      Fsus2
What to say in my defense?
  Gsus2          Am*
I was imperfect, tense
Fsus2             Gsus2          C          C/B      Fsus2  F
Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went
             G                    Am*
So won't you be my present sense?


Verse 2:
Am                                             Fsus2
Breaking, I'm shaking, it's taking a long long time
                      Gsus2
To come down off this murderous medication
Am                                        Fsus2           Gsus2                Dm
Trying to remember my reasons for running myself into the ground with such dedication


Chorus:
Fsus2   Gsus2       Am*       Fsus2
What to say in my defense?
  Gsus2          Am*
I was imperfect, tense
Fsus2             Gsus2          C          C/B      Fsus2  F
Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went
             G             Bb    Am   G#   G7
So won't you be my present sense?


Bridge:
Dm   C   G/B   Am G
It's not meant to be
C G/B Am   G  F
I am  lost at sea
   Dm C     G/B  Am G
So mermaids sing to me

       C
Of the better times and the things that can be
       F
And of islands in the Mediterranean sea
       C
And of eating and sleeping and times when I should
       F
And of washing the drink and the drugs from my blood
         Dm                G
And I've nothing to say in my defense
    Dm                   G
I'm far from perfect and I'm still tense
     Dm                G
They say that love can change you once
        Dm                 G
Please, say that love can change me once
        Fsus2
Come on change me