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The Perfect Life Does Not Exist

Ball Park Music

RockAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

EbDiagram coming soon
AbDiagram coming soon
DbDiagram coming soon
GbDiagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
Em○○○○
D××○
C×○○
G○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb 
 
Intro: Em D C G (x2) 
 
verse 1 
Em      D        C       G 
  Last night is sinking in 
Em      D      C        G 
  It's in my blood and on my skin 
Em   D         C     G 
  I feel it ringing in my head 
Em    D      C       G 
  Colliding with my day 
 
C                              G  Eb 
 When you let go of all your fear 
C 
 The perfect life does not exist 
 
Instrumental 
Em D C G x4 
 
verse 2 
Em      D        C       G 
  Last night is sinking in 
Em      D      C     G 
  This is the way I deal with things 
Em      D      C      G 
  When I feel nature pressing in 
Em    D      C       G 
  Colliding with my day 
 
C                              G  Eb 
 When you let go of all your fear 
C 
 The perfect life does not exist 
 
Instrumental 
Em D C G x4 
 
Bridge 
G             Eb                 C 
There is a quaking in the temple now 
G            Eb               C 
I feel it shiver in the river now 
G              Eb                    C 
You can escape but hey, I don't know how 
G              Eb                    C 
You can escape but hey, I don't know how 
 
verse 3 
Em      D          C       G 
  Last night has dragged itself back in 
Em    D      C       G 
  Colliding with my day 
 
C                              G  Eb 
 When you let go of all your fear 
C 
 The perfect life does not exist 
 
Outro 
Em D C G x4

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Chord set

Eb · Ab · Db · Gb · Bb · Em · D · C · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.