Verse
F F/E
I feel like a quote out of context,
Dm C A# C Dm G
Withholding the rest so I can be for you what you wanna see.
F F/E Dm
I got the gesture and sounds, got the timing down
C A# C Dm G
It's uncanny, yeah, you'd think it was me. Do you think I should
C A7 Dm C G
Take a class to lose my southern accent?
A# C A# C
Did I make me up or make the face till it stuck
A# C F
I do the best imitation of myself.
[Verse 2]
F F/E Dm C
The "problem with you" speech you gave me was fine
A# C Dm G
I liked the theories about my little stage.
F F/E Dm
And I swore I was listening till I started drifting
C A# C Dm G
Around the part about me acting my age. Now if it's
C A7 Dm C G
All the same... I've people to entertain.
A# C A# C
You know I'll juggle one-handed, do some magic tricks and
A# C F
The best imitation of myself.
[Bridge]
A7 Dm
Maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole...
A7 Dm
Wondering...
A# Dm
Who I am when I oughta know
A# Dm A7
Straighten up now time to go fool somebody else...
Dm C G C A7
Fool somebody else.
[Verse 3]
F F/E Dm C
Last night I was east with them... and west within...
A# C Dm G
Trying to be for you what you wanna see.
F F/E Dm
But I can't help it with you, the good and bad comes through
C A# C Dm G
Don't want you hanging out with no-one but me.
C A7 Dm C G
Now that it's all the same... it comes from the same place.
A# C
And if my mind's somewhere else
A# C
You won't be able to tell
A# C F
I do the best imitation of myself
[Outro]
A# C
Yes it's uncanny to see
A# C
You'd really think it was me.
A# C Dm G
The best imitation of myself...
A# C G
I do the best imitation of myself.