Imperfect Tense Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Naked and retched and retching
on a [F]hotel bathroom floor
Some[G]where in the city
[Am]Three days not sleeping, not eating,
not feel[F]ing good anymore
Drenched in [G]sweat and self-pity now
[Dm]now
It's not a pretty [F]sight

[Verse 2]
What to [G]say in my [Am]defense?
[F]I was[G] imperfect, ten[Am]se
[F]Used to have such [G]balance but I
[C]don't know [G]where [F]it [Dm]went
So won't you [G]be my present

[Interlude 1]
sense?
[Am]

[Verse 3]
[Am]Breaking, I'm shaking, it's taking a long
[F]Long time to come down off this
mur[G]derous medication
[Am]Trying to remember my reasons
for running my[F]self
Into the [G]ground with such
dedication
[Dm]

[Verse 4]
[F]
What [G]to say in my [Am]defense?
[F]I was[G] imperfect, ten[Am]se
[F]Used to have such [G]balance but I
[C]don't know [G]where [F]it [Dm]went
So won't you [G]be my present
[Bb]sense?[Am]

[Interlude 2]
Sense
[G#][G]

[Verse 5]
[Dm]It's [C]not [G]meant [Dm]to be[Am][G]
[C]I a[G]m l[Am]ost a[G]t s[F]ea
So [Dm]mer m[C]aids s[D]ing [Dm]to me[G]

[Verse 6]
[G]
Of the bet[C]ter times and
the things that can be
And [F]of islands in the Mediterranean sea
And [C]of eating and sleeping
and times when I should
And [F]of washing the drink and
the drugs from my blood
And I've noth[Dm]ing to say in m[G]y defense
I'm [Dm]far from perfect, I'm [G]still tense
But [Dm]they say that love can
[G]change you once
[Dm]Please say that love can
[G]change me once
Come [F]on change me
[F]