Em C D G
a boy with a cardboard cutlass in his hand
Em C D G
champions his fortress, drawing lines in the sand.
Em C D G
he's building up an empire where justice ruled the land,
Em C
his one and only bidding was
D C G
take me as i am

BREAK: Em/D/C/G 4X

underneath the bridge there lives a little man,
he's lining up his treasures secured with rubber bands.
A thousand lines of loneliness written in his hand,
he says i'm waiting for that one
who would take me as i am

CHORUS:
D.... C ‡ walk down to G
oh, little bits of me and you
C G C G
picking up those pieces, smoothing out the creases
D G
looking for the perfect blue

BREAK 2: Em/D/C/G 3X Em/D/G/C (hold on the C then hold on the G)

misanthropy, carbon copies, castles in the sand
well, they all fall to pieces when you take me by the hand.
perfectly imperfect, someone who understands,
yeah, this is what you get when you take me as i am

(CHORUS) oh, little bits of me and you
picking up the pieces, smoothing out the creases
looking for the perfect blue.

oh, little bits of me and you
picking up the pieces, smoothing out those creases,
looking for the me in you.
oh yeah, that's the perfect blue.