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Not Perfect

Tim Minchin
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
B
E |-0---|-0---|-2---|-1---|-3---|-2---|-2---|-2---|
H |-2---|-0---|-3---|-3---|-2---|-2---|-5---|-4---|
G |-2---|-1---|-2---|-2---|-0---|-2---|-4---|-4---|
D |-2---|-2---|-0---|-0---|-2---|-4---|-4---|-4---|
A |-0---|-2---|-----|-----|-0---|-4---|-2---|-2---|
E |-----|-0---|-----|-----|-----|-2---|-----|-----|
C#
E |-2----|-0----|-2---|--0----|--0-----|--0-----|-4---|
H |-2----|-0----|-3---|--3----|--3-----|--3-----|-6---|
G |-4----|-4----|-4---|--4----|--2-----|--2-----|-6---|
D |-4----|-4----|-4---|--4----|--0-----|--0-----|-6---|
A |-2----|-0----|-2---|--0----|--2-----|--0-----|-4---|
E |------|------|-----|-------|--------|--------|-----|
 Earth)--
 This is my earth  and I live  in it
 It’s one  third dirt and two  thirds water
 And it rotates  and revolves through space
 At rather  an impressive pace
 And never even messes  up my hair
 And here’s  the really weird thing
 The force  created by  its spin
 Is the force  that stops the chaos  flooding in
 This is my  Earth  .. and it’s fine
 It’s where  I spend the vast majority  of my time
 It’s not perfect  .. but  it’s mine
 It’s not perfect
  -> *
E |---------5-------------------5--|
 H |--^3---3----3--3-3-3-3-3---3----|
G |--|2-2-------------------2------|
D |--|0----------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|
 Country)--
 This is my country  and I live  in it
 It’s pretty  big and nice  to walk on
 And the bloke  who runs my country
 Has built  a demagoguery
 And taught us to be fearful  and boring
 And the weirdest  thing is that he is
 Conservative  of politics
 But really  rather radical  of eyebrow
 This is my  country  .. and it’s fine
 It’s where  I spend the vast majority  of my time
 It’s not perfect  .. but  it’s mine
 It’s not perfect
 House)--
 This is my house  and I live  in it
 It’s made  of cracks and photographs
 We rent  it off a guy who bought it from  a guy
 Who bought it from a guy
 Whose grandad left  it to him
 And the weirdest  thing is that this house
 Has locks  to keep the baddies  out
 But they’re mostly  used to lock  ourselves  in
 This is my  house  .. and it’s fine
 It’s where  I spend the vast majority  of my time
 It’s not perfect  .. but  it’s mine
 It’s not perfect  .. but  it's mine
-> *
E |--3--2-0-3--2--0-0-------| stroke down
H |--3--3-3-3--3--2-2--2h3--| with thumb
G |--0--0-0-0--0--2-2--2----|
D |--0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0----|
A |--2--2-2-2--2--0-0-------|
E |--3----3-3-----2-2-------| x2 (2nd one don’t play last thing –x- )
 Body)--
 This is my body  and I live  in it
 It’s 31  and 6  months old
 It’s changed  a lot since it was new
 It’s done  stuff it wasn’t built to do
 I often try to fill  it up with wine
 And the weirdest  thing about it is
 I spend  so much time hating  it
 But it never  says a bad  word about  me
 This is my  body ..  and it’s fine
 It’s where  I spend the vast majority  of my time
 It’s not perfect  .. but  it’s mine
 It’s not perfect
 Brain)--
 This is my brain  and I live  in it
 It’s made  of love and bad  song lyrics
 It’s tucked  away behind my eyes
 Where all  my fucked up thoughts can hide
 Cos God forbid I hurt  somebody
 And the weirdest  thing about a mind
 Is that every  answer that  you find
 Is the basis  of a brand  new cliché
 This is my  brain  .. and it’s fine
 It’s where  I spend the vast majority  of my time
 It’s not perfect  .. but  it’s mine
 It’s not perfect  .. but  it’s mine
 It’s not perfect
 I’m not  quite sure I’ve worked out how to work  it
 It’s not perfect  .. but  it's mine
-> *
E |--3--2-0-3--2--0-0-------| stroke down
H |--3--3-3-3--3--2-2--2h3--| with thumb
G |--0--0-0-0--0--2-2--2----|
D |--0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0----|
A |--2--2-2-2--2--0-0-------|
E |--3----3-3-----2-2-------| x2
 E |--^3-----2---0---3---2---------------0---------| picking
 H |--|3-------3---3---3----2-2—2h3----------------|
G |--|0---0----------------2-2--------------------|
D |--|0--------------------0-0------------7-------|
A |---------------------------------------7-------|
E |---------------------------------------5-------|

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Readable chord sheet for Not Perfect by Tim Minchin

[A]     [E]     [D]     [Dm]    [A7]    [F#m]   [Bsus4] [B]
E |-0---|-0---|-2---|-1---|-3---|-2---|-2---|-2---|
H |-2---|-0---|-3---|-3---|-2---|-2---|-5---|-4---|
G |-2---|-1---|-2---|-2---|-0---|-2---|-4---|-4---|
D |-2---|-2---|-0---|-0---|-2---|-4---|-4---|-4---|
A |-0---|-2---|-----|-----|-0---|-4---|-2---|-2---|
E |-----|-0---|-----|-----|-----|-2---|-----|-----|

   [Bsus2]  [A6sus2] [Bm]    [Bm11] [A]  [Dsus2] [B]  [Dsus2] [A]  [C#]
E |-2----|-0----|-2---|--0----|--0-----|--0-----|-4---|
H |-2----|-0----|-3---|--3----|--3-----|--3-----|-6---|
G |-4----|-4----|-4---|--4----|--2-----|--2-----|-6---|
D |-4----|-4----|-4---|--4----|--0-----|--0-----|-6---|
A |-2----|-0----|-2---|--0----|--2-----|--0-----|-4---|
E |------|------|-----|-------|--------|--------|-----|

Earth)--
This is my e[A]arth and I [E]live in it
It’s [D]one third dirt and [Dm]two thirds water
And it [A]rotates and revolves through space
At r[A7]ather an impressive pace
[D]  And never even [Dm]messes up my [A]hair
And [F#m]here’s the really weird thing
The [Bsus4]force created [B]by its spin
Is the [D]force that stops the [A]chaos flooding [E]in

This is [Bsus2]my Earth[A6sus2] .. and it’s [Dsus2]fine  [B]     [Dsus2]           [A]
It’s [E]where I spend the vast majori[C#]ty of my [F#m]time
It’s not [Bm]perfec[Bm11]t .. [A]but it’s [A]mine
It’s not [Bm]per[Bm11]fect [A]    [D]

  -> [D]*
E |---------5-------------------5--|
H |--^3---3----3--3-3-3-3-3---3----|
G |--|2-2-------------------2------|
D |--|0----------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------|

Country)--
This is my [A]country and I [E]live in it
It’s [D]pretty big and [Dm]nice to walk on
And the [A]bloke who runs my country
Has [A7]built a demagoguery
[D]  And taught us to be [Dm]fearful and bor[A]ing
And the [F#m]weirdest thing is that he is
Con[Bsus4]servative of [B]politics
But [D]really rather [A]radical of eye[E]brow

This is [Bsus2]my country[A6sus2] .. and it’s [Dsus2]fine  [B]     [Dsus2]           [A]
It’s [E]where I spend the vast majori[C#]ty of my [F#m]time
It’s not [Bm]perfec[Bm11]t .. [A]but it’s [A]mine
It’s not [Bm]per[Bm11]fect [A]    [D]

House)--
This is my [A]house and I [C#]live in it
It’s [D]made of cracks and [Dm]photographs
We [A]rent it off a guy who bought it [A7]from a guy
Who bought it from a [D]guy
Whose grandad [Dm]left it to hi[A]m
And the [F#m]weirdest thing is that this house
Has [Bsus4]locks to keep the [B]baddies out
But they’re [D]mostly used to [A]lock ourselves[E] in

This is [Bsus2]my house[A6sus2] .. and it’s [Dsus2]fine  [B]     [Dsus2]           [A]
It’s [E]where I spend the vast majori[C#]ty of my [F#m]time
It’s not [Bm]perfec[Bm11]t .. [A]but it’s [A]mine
It’s not [Bm]perfec[Bm11]t .. [A]but it's [G]mine

  -> [G]*
E |--3--2-0-3--2--0-0-------| stroke down
H |--3--3-3-3--3--2-2--2h3--| with thumb
G |--0--0-0-0--0--2-2--2----|
D |--0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0----|
A |--2--2-2-2--2--0-0-------|
E |--3----3-3-----2-2-------| x2 (2nd one don’t play last thing –x- )

Body)--
This is my [A]body and I [E]live in it
It’s [D]31 and [Dm]6 months old
It’s [A]changed a lot since it was new
It’s [A7]done stuff it wasn’t built to do
[D]  I often try to [Dm]fill it up with [A]wine
And the [F#m]weirdest thing about it is
I [Bsus4]spend so much time [B]hating it
But it [D]never says a [A]bad word abo[E]ut me

This is [Bsus2]my body [A6sus2].. and it’s [Dsus2]fine  [B]     [Dsus2]           [A]
It’s [E]where I spend the vast majori[C#]ty of my [F#m]time
It’s not [Bm]perfec[Bm11]t .. [A]but it’s [A]mine
It’s not [Bm]per[Bm11]fect [A]    [D]

Brain)--
This is my [A]brain and I [C#]live in it
It’s [D]made of love and [Dm]bad song lyrics
It’s [A]tucked away behind my eyes
Where [A7]all my fucked up thoughts can hide
[D]  Cos God forbid I [Dm]hurt somebod[A]y
And the [F#m]weirdest thing about a mind
Is that [Bsus4]every answer [B]that you find
Is the [D]basis of a [A]brand new clic[E]hé

This is [Bsus2]my brain[A6sus2] .. and it’s [Dsus2]fine  [B]     [Dsus2]           [A]
It’s [E]where I spend the vast majori[C#]ty of my [F#m]time
It’s not [Bm]perfec[Bm11]t .. [A]but it’s [A]mine
It’s not [Bm]perfec[Bm11]t .. [A]but it’s [A]mine
It’s not [Bm]per[Bm11]fect [A]
I’m [A]not quite sure I’ve worked out how to [Bm]wor[Bm11]k it [A]    [A]
It’s not [Bm]perfec[Bm11]t .. [A]but it's [G]mine

  -> [G]*
E |--3--2-0-3--2--0-0-------| stroke down
H |--3--3-3-3--3--2-2--2h3--| with thumb
G |--0--0-0-0--0--2-2--2----|
D |--0--0-0-0--0--0-0--0----|
A |--2--2-2-2--2--0-0-------|
E |--3----3-3-----2-2-------| x2

E |--^3-----2---0---3---2---------------0---------| picking
H |--|3-------3---3---3----2-2—2h3----------------|
G |--|0---0----------------2-2--------------------|
D |--|0--------------------0-0------------7-------|
A |---------------------------------------7-------|
E |---------------------------------------5-------|

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