Tim Minchin - Its Not Perfect

capo 3
chords relative to capo

C – x32010
G – 320033
F – 133211
Fm – 133111
C7 – x35353
Am – x02210
D – xx0232
D7 – xx0212
E – 022100

C
this is my earth
G
and i live in it
F
its one third dirt
Fm
and two thirds water
C
and it rotates and revolves through space
C7
at rather an impressive pace
F Fm
and never even messes up my hair
Am
and heres the really weird thing
D D7
the force created by its spin
F C G
is the force that stops the chaos flooding in

Am
this is my earth
F
and its fine
G E Am
its where i spend the vast majority of my time
F
its not perfect
C
but its mine
G
its not perfect

C
this is my country
G
and i live in it
F
its pretty big
Fm
and nice to walk on
C
and the bloke who runs my country
C7
has built a damagoguery
F Fm
and taught us to be fearful and boring
Am
and the wierdest thing is that he is
D D7
conservative of politics
F C G
but really rather redical of eyebrow

Am
this is my country
F
and its fine
G E Am
its where i spend the vast majority of my time
F
its not perfect
C
but its mine
G
its not perfect

C
this is my house
G
and i live in it
F
its made of cracks
Fm
and photographs
C
we rent it off a guy who bought it from a guy
C7
who bought it from a guy
F Fm
whose grandad left it to him
Am
and the wierdest thing is that this house
D D7
has locks to keep the Baddies out
F C G
but they’re mostly used to lock ourselves in

Am
this is my house
F
and its fine
G E Am
its where i spend the vast majority of my time
F
its not perfect
C
but its mine
G
its not perfect

C
this is my body
G
and i live in it
F
its thirty – one
Fm
and 6 months old
C
it’s changed a lot since it was new
C7
it’s done stuff it wasn’t built to do
F Fm
i often try to fill it up with wine
Am
and the wierdest thing about it is
D D7
i spend so much time hating it
F C G
but it never says a bad word about me

Am
this is my body
F
and its fine
G E Am
its where i spend the vast majority of my time
F
its not perfect
C
but its mine
G
its not perfect

C
this is my brain
G
and i live in it
F
its made of love
Fm
and bad song lyrics
C
it’s tucked away behind my eyes
C7
where all my screwed up thoughts can hide
F Fm
cos god forbid i hurt somebody
Am
and the wierdest thing about a mind
D D7
tis that every answer that you find
F C G
is the basis of a brand new cliche

Am
this is my brain
F
and its fine
G E Am
its where i spend the vast majority of my time
F
its not perfect
C
but its mine
G
its not perfect
F C G
i’m not quite sure i’ve worked out how to work it
F
its not perfect
C
but its mine