Not Perfect Chords

by Tim Minchin
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Czily [pro] 2,874.
1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 17, 2024

Chords

A
E
D
Dm
A7
F#m
Bsus4
B
Bsus2
A6sus2
Bm
Dsus2/B
Dsus2/A
C#
F#7
G

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Tim Minchin – Not perfect
DVD: So Live!
 
 
[Chords]
A        x02220
E        022100
D        xx0232
Dm       xx0231
A7       x02023
F#m      244222
Bsus4    x24452
B        x24442
Bsus2    x24422
A6sus2   x04400
Bm       x24432
Bm11/A   x04430
Dsus2/B  x20230
Dsus2/A  x00230
F#7      242322 (F#7/A# in the original)
C#       x46664
 
[Earth]
            A          E
This is my earth and I live in it
     D                  Dm
It’s one third dirt and two thirds water
       A
And it rotates and revolves through space
    A7
At rather an impressive pace
D                Dm           A
  And never even messes up my hair
    F#m
And here’s the really weird thing
    Bsus4         B
The force created by its spin
       D                    A              E
Is the force that stops the chaos flooding in
 
 
        Bsus2   A6sus2       Dsus2/B  Dsus2/A
This is my Earth .. and it’s fine
     E                            C#       F#m
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
     F#7 Bm    Bm11/A        A
It’s not perfect .. but it’s mine
         Bm Bm11/A  D*
It’s not perfect
 
    D*
e|--------5---------------------5----|
B|--3---3------3--3-3-3-3-3---3------|
G|--2-2---------------------2--------|
D|--0--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
 
 
[Country]
           A             E
This is my country and I live in it
     D              Dm
It’s pretty big and nice to walk on 
        A
And the bloke who runs my country
    A7
Has built a demagoguery
D                     Dm             A
  And taught us to be fearful and boring
        F#m
And the weirdest thing is that he is
   Bsus4        B
Conservative of politics
    D             A             E
But really rather radical of eyebrow
 
 
        Bsus2     A6sus2       Dsus2/B  Dsus2/A
This is my country .. and it’s fine
     E                            C#       F#m
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
     F#7 Bm    Bm11/A        A
It’s not perfect .. but it’s mine
         Bm Bm11/A  D*
It’s not perfect
 
 
[House]
           A           C#
This is my house and I live in it
     D                  Dm
It’s made of cracks and photographs
   A                               A7
We rent it off a guy who bought it from a guy
                     D
Who bought it from a guy
              Dm           A
Whose grandad left it to him
        F#m
And the weirdest thing is that this house
    Bsus4             B
Has locks to keep the baddies out
            D              A             E
But they’re mostly used to lock ourselves in
 
 
        Bsus2   A6sus2       Dsus2/B  Dsus2/A
This is my house .. and it’s fine
     E                            C#       F#m
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
     F#7 Bm    Bm11/A        A
It’s not perfect .. but it’s mine
         Bm    Bm11/A        G*
It’s not perfect .. but it's mine
 
    G*
e|--3-----2---0---3---2----0-0--------|--3-----2---0---3---2----0-0--------|
B|--3-----3---3---3---3----2-2---2h3--|--3-----3---3---3---3----2-2--------|
G|--0-----0---0---0---0----2-2---2----|--0-----0---0---0---0----2-2--------|
D|--0-----0---0---0---0----0-0---0----|--0-----0---0---0---0----0-0--------|
A|--2-----2---2---2---2----0-0--------|--2-----2---2---2---2----0-0--------|
E|--3---------3---3--------2-2--------|--3---------3---3--------2-2--------|
 
 
[Body]
           A          E
This is my body and I live in it
     D      Dm
It’s 31 and 6 months old
     A
It’s changed a lot since it was new
     A7
It’s done stuff it wasn’t built to do
D                Dm              A
  I often try to fill it up with wine
        F#m
And the weirdest thing about it is
  Bsus4              B
I spend so much time hating it
       D            A           E
But it never says a bad word about me
 
 
        Bsus2   A6sus2      Dsus2/B  Dsus2/A
This is my body .. and it’s fine
     E                            C#       F#m
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
     F#7 Bm    Bm11/A        A
It’s not perfect .. but it’s mine
         Bm Bm11/A  D*
It’s not perfect
 
 
[Brain]
           A           C#
This is my brain and I live in it
     D                Dm
It’s made of love and bad song lyrics
     A
It’s tucked away behind my eyes
      A7
Where all my fucked up thoughts can hide
D                  Dm          A
  Cos God forbid I hurt somebody
        F#m
And the weirdest thing about a mind
        Bsus4        B
Is that every answer that you find
       D          A             E
Is the basis of a brand new cliché
 
 
        Bsus2   A6sus2       Dsus2/B  Dsus2/A
This is my brain .. and it’s fine
     E                            C#       F#m
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
     F#7 Bm    Bm11/A        A
It’s not perfect .. but it’s mine
         Bm    Bm11/A        A
It’s not perfect .. but it’s mine
         Bm Bm11/A
It’s not perfect
    A                                     Bm Bm11/A  A
I’m not quite sure I’ve worked out how to work it
         Bm    Bm11/A        G*
It’s not perfect .. but it's mine
 
    G*
e|--3-----2---0---3---2----0-0--------|--3-----2---0---3---2----0-0--------|
B|--3-----3---3---3---3----2-2---2h3--|--3-----3---3---3---3----2-2---2h3--|
G|--0-----0---0---0---0----2-2---2----|--0-----0---0---0---0----2-2---2----|
D|--0-----0---0---0---0----0-0---0----|--0-----0---0---0---0----0-0---0----|
A|--2-----2---2---2---2----0-0--------|--2-----2---2---2---2----0-0--------|
E|--3---------3---3--------2-2--------|--3---------3---3--------2-2--------|
 
e|--3-----2---0---3---2---------------------0---------|
B|--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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| h  Hammer-on
 
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12 comments
TheEroteme
Beautifully done. I performed this at my school talent show, except with my own lyrics (I am not thirty one and six months old, for example) and it killed. :) Thanks so much for this awesome tab.
+8
zethhutsell
Love this tab, but what key is this song in, I'm getting perplexed.
+3
seriousfools
this is a wonderful cover of a beautiful song
+1