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Perfect World

Liz Phair
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4.7(20)

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Song

Perfect World

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by Liz Phair off the Whitechocolatespaceegg Album

Transcribed by Marek Yanchurak (myanchur@cs.uml.edu)

Corrected by Tim Rodriguez (tim@ogreteeth.com)

 | 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-|
e|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|

What a pretty life you have oh boy it's a

e|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7---|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----6---7-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|
A|-----4---5---9---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-----------------|
E|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

pretty life you have, and I would need a map just so I could navigate the back yard

e|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---4---4---5---5-|
B|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

home is very ordinary I know I was born to lead a

e|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-------|---------2-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
E|-7---7---7---7---|-5---5---5---5---|-0---------------|-0---------------|

Double life of murder, strife and misery and

x2

e|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---7-----|-5---------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|*--7-----------7-|----------------*|
D|---------5-------|---------7---7---|-----------------|-----6-7-9-7-6-7-|
A|-----7-------7---|-----7-----------|*----------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0*|
E|-8---------------|-5---------------|-7---7---7---7---|-----------------|

when I find it I know I'll make 1. sense of me

2. I want to be

x5

e|-----0-------0-------0-------0-|-----0-------0-------0-------0-|
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|*------------------------------|------------------------------*|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|*------------------------------|------------------------------*|
E|-5-------5-------7-------7-----|-12------12------9-------9-----|

1. Cool, tall, vulnerable and lusciuous

2. I would have it all if I only had this much, no need for

3. Lucifer to fall if he learned to keep his mouth shut

4. Be involved, be involved, be involved, be involved, I would

5. be involved with you

x2

e|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|*----------------|----------------*|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------6---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|*----6---7-------|-9---9---7---7--*|
E|-5---5---7---7---|-0---0---0---0---|-7---------------|-----------------|

Ooooohhhhhh I know the 1. girls that live inside your

2. world just sitting next to

x4

e|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|*----------------|----------------*|
D|-------------6---|---------9---9---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----6---7-------|-9---9---------0-|*----------------|----------------*|
E|-7---------------|-----------------|-5---5---7---7---|-12--12--9---9---|

mortal makes their skin crawl, I want to be...

x5

e|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|*----------------|----------------*|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|*----------------|----------------*|
E|-5---5---7---7---|-5---5---7---7---|-12--12--9---9---|
e|---0---0---0---0-|---0-------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------||
A|-----------------|-----------------||
E|-5---5---7---7---|-12--------------||

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