We Don't Need To Be Perfect
Recorded by Nash Blackwood
Album: After Everything (2026)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
|(D) / (Bm) /(G)|(G) /(A)  / |

(Verse 1)
(D) I used to think (Bm)love had to look like (G)movies
Perfect (A)timing, perfect words, perfect (D)stories
But I've (Bm)learned real hearts don't (G)shine like that
(A) They break a little, then (D)they come back
I've been the (Bm)one who stayed quiet (D)
Swallowed (A)pain just to sur-(G)vive it
And I've been the (Bm)one who walked away (D)
Before they could (A)tell me to stay
But now I see it (Bm)clearer than b„ufore (D)
Love was (A)nev„ur meant to be war (G)
So if you're standing (Bm)here with me tonight
(D)Don't be perfect, just be mine (A)

(Chorus)
We don't have to be (Bm)perfect to be (D) real
We just have to (A)feel what we (G)feel
All the scars, all the (Bm)silence, all the (D)pain
We can (A)love through every change
And I don't need you to (Bm)fix me (D)
I don't need you to (A)save my heart (G)
I just need you when I'm (Bm)breaking
(D) To stay right where you are (A) (G)
And if the world keeps (Bm)judging
Let them talk, (D)let them say
We're just two imperfect (A)souls (G)
Learning love along the (Bm)way (D)
So take my hand, don't (A)let it go (G)
Even when we fall a-(Bm)part (G)
'Cause I would rather love you (A)broken
Than not (A)love you at all (Bm) (G)

(Verse 2)
I stopped (Bm)chasing being enough (D) for everybody
Now I (A)only care if (G)I�fm enough for me
Somehow (Bm) in that chaos, (D) I found peace
Not in being (A) perfect, (G) but being free
You don't have to (Bm)hide your worst days (D)
You don't have to (A)fake a smile for (G)me
I've been where your (Bm)silence lives (D)
I know what heavy (A) heart can (G)be
And maybe that's the reason (Bm)why
(D) We understand each other when we (A)cry (G)
No more pretending, no more (Bm)lies (D)
Just two wanderin' souls to-(A)night, (G)mm

(Chorus)
We don't have to be (Bm)perfect to be (D) real
We just have to (A)feel what we (G)feel
All the scars, all the (Bm)silence, all the (D)pain
We can love (A) through every (G)change
And I don't need you to (Bm)fix me, (D)mm
I don't need you to save (A) my heart (G)
I just need you when I'm (Bm)breaking
(D) To stay right where you are (A)
(G)Mmm, and if the world keeps (Bm)judging
Let them talk, (D)let them say
We're just two imperfect (A)souls (G)
Learning love along the (Bm)way (D)
So take my hand, don't (A)let it go (G)

(Outro.)
Even when we fall a-(G)part
'Cause I would rather love you (A)broken
Than not (A)love you at all (Bm) - - - - -