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