Evanescence - Imperfection: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Imperfection" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Fm
The more you try to fight it
The more you try to hide it
The more infected, rejected,
you feel alone inside it
You know you can't deny it
The world's a little more fucked up every day

I'm gonna save you from it
Together we'll outrun it
Just don't give into the fear
So many things I would've told you
If I knew that I was never gonna see you again

I wanna lift you up into
the light that you deserve
I wanna take your pain
into myself so you won't hurt

Chorus:
C#         Fm
Don't you dare surrender
C#             Fm
Don't leave me here without you
C#    Fm
Cause I would never
C#            D#          Fm
Replace your perfect imperfection

The way you look us over
Your counterfeit composure
Pushing again and again and sinking lower and lower
The world is on our shoulders
Do you really know the weight of the words you say?

You want a little of it
You just can't let go of it
You've got an ego to feed
Too late to rise above it
Don't look now but the little girl's got a grenade

I'm gonna lift you up into
the light that you deserve
I'm gonna take you down to
the real world so you can watch it burn

Chorus:
Don't you dare surrender
Don't leave me here without you
'Cause I could never
Replace your perfect imperfection

Fm
We stand undefined
Can't be drawn with a straight line
This will not be our ending
                       C
We are alive, we are alive

Chorus:
Don't you dare surrender
Don't leave me here without you
'Cause I could never
Replace your perfect imperfection

Don't you dare surrender
I'm still right beside you
And I could never
Replace your perfect imperfection


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#

Guitar chord D#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Imperfection" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Imperfection" by Evanescence.