Verse
D D/C#
I feel like a quote out of context,
Bm A G A Bm E
Withholding the rest so I can be for you what you wanna see.
D D/C# Bm
I got the gesture and sounds, got the timing down
A G A Bm E
It's uncanny, yeah, you'd think it was me. Do you think I should
A F#7 Bm A E
Take a class to lose my southern accent?
G A G A
Did I make me up or make the face till it stuck
G A D
I do the best imitation of myself.
[Verse 2]
D D/C# Bm A
The "problem with you" speech you gave me was fine
G A Bm E
I liked the theories about my little stage.
D D/C# Bm
And I swore I was listening till I started drifting
A G A Bm E
Around the part about me acting my age. Now if it's
A F#7 Bm A E
All the same... I've people to entertain.
G A G A
You know I'll juggle one-handed, do some magic tricks and
G A D
The best imitation of myself.
[Bridge]
F#7 Bm
Maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole...
F#7 Bm
Wondering...
G Bm
Who I am when I oughta know
G Bm F#7
Straighten up now time to go fool somebody else...
Bm A E A F#7
Fool somebody else.
[Verse 3]
D D/C# Bm A
Last night I was east with them... and west within...
G A Bm E
Trying to be for you what you wanna see.
D D/C# Bm
But I can't help it with you, the good and bad comes through
A G A Bm E
Don't want you hanging out with no-one but me.
A F#7 Bm A E
Now that it's all the same... it comes from the same place.
G A
And if my mind's somewhere else
G A
You won't be able to tell
G A D
I do the best imitation of myself
[Outro]
G A
Yes it's uncanny to see
G A
You'd really think it was me.
G A Bm E
The best imitation of myself...
G A E
I do the best imitation of myself.