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Perfect

Perfect by Simple Plan discusses the strained relationship between parents and their children and the pressure to live up to parental expectations. Its an expression of the frustration of feeling unable to be perfect and meet those expectations.

Key: E

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
       Eb 
Hey Dad look at me
     Ab 
Think back and talk to me
               Eb 
Did I grow up according
     Ab 
To plan?
                   Eb 
Do you think I'm wasting my time
     Ab 
Doing things I wanna do?
                   Eb 
But it hurts when you
                                 Ab 
Disapprove all along
                 Fm 
And now I try hard to make it
 Ab                                                 Eb 
I just want to make you proud
   Eb 
I'm never gonna be good
                         Fm 
Enough for you
   Fm 
I can't pretend that
               Ab 
I'm alright
   Ab                               Bb 
And you can't change me
                     Eb 
'Cuz we lost it all
                     Bb 
Nothing lasts forever
           Cm 
I'm sorry
                             Ab 
I can't be Perfect
                       Eb 
Now it's just too late
                     Bb 
And we can't go back
         Cm 
I'm sorry
                         Ab 
I can't be Perfect
   Eb 
I try not to think
   Ab 
About the pain I feel inside
                   Eb 
Did you know you used to be
           Ab 
My hero?
                   Eb 
All the days
             Eb 
You spent with me
   Ab 
Now seem so far away
                   Eb 
And it feels like you don't
               Ab 
Care anymore
                 Fm 
And now I try hard to make it
   Ab                                         Eb 
I just want to make you proud
   Eb 
I'm never gonna be good
                       Fm 
Enough for you
                   Fm                         Ab 
I can't stand another fight
                                 Bb 
And nothing's alright
                   Eb 
'Cuz we lost it all
                     Bb 
Nothing lasts forever
             Cm 
I'm sorry
                             Ab 
I can't be Perfect
                     Eb 
Now it's just too late
                   Bb 
And we can't go back
           Cm 
I'm sorry
                             Bb 
I can't be Perfect
   Ab                               Bb 
Nothing's gonna change
             Eb 
The things that you said
   Ab                             Bb 
Nothing's gonna make this
   Eb 
Right again
   Cm 
Please don't turn your back
         Bb 
I can't believe it's hard
                     Ab 
Just to talk to you
                                 Ab 
But you don't understand
                   Eb 
'Cuz we lost it all
                     Bb 
Nothing lasts forever
           Cm 
I'm sorry
                           Ab 
I can't be Perfect
                     Eb 
Now it's just too late
                 Bb 
And we can't go back
           Cm 
I'm sorry
                           Ab 
I can't be Perfect
                   Eb 
'Cuz we lost it all
                   Bb 
Nothing lasts forever
           Cm 
I'm sorry
                           Ab 
I can't be Perfect
                     Eb 
Now it's just too late
                   Bb 
And we can't go back
           Cm 
I'm sorry
                           Ab 
I can't be Perfect

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