Chords used:
     Am     C      Dm     Em     F      G
E|---0------0------1------0------1------3---|
B|---1------1------3------0------1------0---|
G|---2------0------2------0------2------0---|
D|---2------2------0------2------3------0---|
A|---0------3------X------2------X------2---|
E|---X------X------X------0------X------3---|



[Intro]

C    Am    Em    Dm    G    C    Am    Em    Dm    G


[Verse 1]

Dm              G             C
    I never got tired of your holding hand
Dm             G                  C
    I only got tired of trying to understand
Dm             G             Am
    How I’m so different and grey
             F             G
    I always wanted you to say


[Verse 2]

Dm                     G               C
    That everything is okay — it’s absolutely fine
Dm                 G                  C
    And you always did so, to give me peace of mind
Dm                 G             Am
    But I couldn't accept it, or believe
                   F                  G
    That there was something good for me


[Chorus]

C           Am           Em        Dm     G
   I want a love that is perfect          all the time
C           Am           Em        Dm     G
   To be completely      devoted,         heart in my eye
C           Am           Em        Dm     G
    Surely, it should be easy         and effortless
C           Am           Em        Dm     G
        But reality      leaves me        short of breath


[Riff]

 C    Am    Em    Dm    G    C    Am    Em    Dm    G


[Verse 3]

Dm                   G              C
   What we had was amazing, we were more than close
Dm                        G                  C
  You were the one that I trusted, and who I cared for most — apart from me
Dm                  G     Am
   But our security faded away
                F               G
   Now there is nothing left to say


[Chorus]

C           Am           Em        Dm     G
   I want a love that is perfect          all the time
C           Am           Em        Dm     G
   To be completely      devoted,         heart in my eye
C           Am           Em        Dm     G
    Surely, it should be easy         and effortless
C           Am           Em        Dm     G
        But reality      leaves me        short of breath


[Bridge]

F    Dm    F    Dm    F    Dm    F    Dm
 (no lyrics on this line)
F                Dm       F                    Dm
   I don’t wanna wait       It’s filling up my brain
F               Dm        F                    Dm
  I don’t wanna wait        It’s filling up my brain


[Chorus]

C           Am           Em        Dm     G
   I want a love that is perfect          all the time
C           Am           Em        Dm     G
   To be completely      devoted,         heart in my eye
C           Am           Em        Dm     G
    Surely, it should be easy         and effortless
C           Am           Em        Dm     G
        But reality      leaves me so     short of breath


[Outro]

C       Am    Em    Dm    G       C        Am    Em    Dm    G
                          Short of breath                   ’Til I’m short of
C       Am    Em    Dm    G       C        Am    Em    Dm    G
breath