Imperfect Tense

Intro: Am

Am                                        F
Naked and retched and retching on a hotel bathroom floor
G
Somewhere in the City
Am                                              F
Three days no sleeping, not eating, not feeling good anymore
G                               Dm                    F
Drenched in sweat and self-pity now, it's not a pretty sight
        G            Am   F  G               Am
What to say in my defense, I was imperfect tense
F               G               C          G         Am  F
Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went
   G                         Am
So won't you be my present sense

( Am )

Am                                             F
Breaking, I'm shaking, it's taking a long long time
              G                          Am
To come down off this murderous medication
                                           F
Trying to remember, my reasons for running myself
         G                         Dm
Into the ground with such dedication
F       G            Am   F  G               Am
What to say in my defense, I was imperfect tense
F               G               C          G         Am  F
Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went
   G                        Bb5    Am   G#  G
So won't you be my present sense

Dm       C  G/B   Am G
Cos it's not meant to be
C  G  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
Like the diamonds in the Mediterranean sea
       C
Or the beatings and sleeping and times that I took
       F                                             (Dm)
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 I'm still tense
     Dm                 G
They say that love can change you once
       Dm                 G
Please say that love can change me once
      F
Come on change me