Frank Turner – Present Tense (Ukulele)

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Intro: Am
(Occasionally hammer on and off from the D, G, and B strings. This may not be right, but 
it sounds alright.)
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

F       G         Am       F
What to say in my defense,

F G             Am
I was imperfect tense
F G C G
F  Dm
Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went

Dm           G                  Am
So won't you be my present sense

Am
(Occasionally hammer on and off from 4th fret to 2nd on the D string)

Am                                             F
Breaking, I'm shaking, it's taking a long long time

                      G
To come down off this murderous medication

Am                                         F
Trying to remember, my reasons for running myself

         G                    Dm      F
into the ground with such dedication

F       G         Am       F
What to say in my defense,

F G             Am
I was imperfect tense
F G C G
F  Dm
Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went
Em A Cadd9--A Em7--A So won't you be my present sense, sense
    Am   G   F     C  G
Cos it's not meant to be

C F  Am   G  F
I am lost at sea

   Dm C     G    F  G
So mermaids sing to me

       C
Of the better times and the things that can be

         Am
Like the diamonds in the Mediterranean sea

       C
Or the beatings and sleeping and times that I took

       Am
And of washing the drink and the drugs from my blood

         F                 G
And I've nothing to say in my defense

    F                G
I'm far from perfect I'm still tense

     F                 G
They say that love can change you once

       F                 G
Please say that love can change me once

        F
Come on change me
End on G