Perfect Timing

Perfect Timing by Drive-By Truckers

Tune down one whole step – DGCFAd

Tabbed by Juck

Chords (named as though you are in standard tuning!)

  D    D2   D2/C# Em7 Em7* D9   G   G6  Em7add9  A  A4  Bm   Bm4  E5 
|-2----0----0-----0---3----0----3---0---0--------0--0---2----0----x---|
|-3----3----3-----3---3----3----3---3---3--------2--3---3----3----5---|
|-2----2----2-----0---0----2----0---0---0--------2--2---4----4----4---|
|-0----0----x-----2---2----4----0---0---4--------2--x---4----4----2---|
|-----------4-------------------x---x---x--------0--0---2----2----x---|
|-------------------------------3---3---2-------------------------0---|


Intro

  D         D2  D2/C#         Em7           D9
|----2--2-2-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-|
|----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3-|
|----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----2--2-2-2-2-|
|-0----------------x--x-x-x-x-2-------------4-------------|
|---------------4-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

  G         G6  Em7add9       A
|----3--3-3-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------|
|----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2---------------|
|----0--0-0-0-0----x--x-x-x-x----2--2-2-2-2-2-------------|
|----x--x-x-x-x----4--4-4-4-4----2--2-2-2-2-2-------------|
|-----------------------------0-------------0--0--1--2----|
|-3-------------2-----------------------------------------|

  Bm         Bm4 A             Em                               
|----2--2-2-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----x--x-x-x-x----x--x-x-x-x-|
|----3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2----5--5-5-5-5----5--5-5-5-5-|
|----4--4-4-4-4----2--2-2-2-2----4--4-4-4-4----4--4-4-4-4-|
|----x--x-x-x-x----x--x-x-x-x----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2-|
|-2-------------0-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------0-------------0-------------|

  G                           A             A4/B   A4/E     
|----3--3-3-3-3----3-3----3-3----0--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-|
|----3--3-3-3-3----3-3----3-3----2--2-2-2-2----3-3----3-3-|
|----0--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0----2--2-2-2-2----2-2----2-2-|
|----x--x-x-x-x--------0---------x--x-x-x-x-------0h2-----|
|--------------0h2------------0------------0h2------------|
|-3-------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1

  D         D2  D2/C#         Em7*          A4
|----2--2-2-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----3--3-3-3-3----0--0-0-0-0-|
|----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3-|
|----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----2--2-2-2-2-|
|-0---------------------------2---------------------------|
|---------------4---------------------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
      Here  I   am  again           perfect timing

  D         D2  D2/C#         Em7*          A4
|----2--2-2-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----3--3-3-3-3----0--0-0-0-0-|
|----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3-|
|----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----2--2-2-2-2-|
|-0---------------------------2---------------------------|
|---------------4---------------------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
    Strings are ringing and the   words are rhyming    I

  Bm         Bm4 A             G               A                
|----2--2-2-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----3--3-3-3-3----0--0-0-0-0-|
|----3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2----3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2-|
|----4--4-4-4-4----2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----2--2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------------0---------------------------0-------------|
|-----------------------------3---------------------------|
 Used to hate the fool in me but only in the morning now I

  D         D4  D2/C#         G 
|----2--2-2-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3-|
|----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3-|
|----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-|
|-0-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------4-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------3-------------3-------------|
  Tolerate      him  all day  long

Solo 2 (played over Intro chord progression)

Verse 2

D    D2     D2/C#   Em7*           A4  
 Out on the highway,    I hear the moaning
D D2                  D2/C#       Em7*            A4       
That low and lonesome whisper you only know from longing,
Bm            Bm4    A            G               A   
Through those naked trees at the windows glowing orange,
       D    D2        D2/C#           G       G 
Taking over that cold shoulder racing by

Bridge

G              A           Em                Em  
  I might have known before, if I'd got this old before
    G5                A              D       D
  I thought I got too cool to give a damn
  G              A               Em                   Em
  Who you see in dreams at night seem to spend their afterlives
  G              G                 A  
  Trying hard to live the last one down

Solo 2(played over Intro chord progression)

Verse 3 

D D2    D2/C#   Em7*        A4  
 Here I am again    perfect timing,
D D2         D2/C#          Em7*          A4           
 Strings are ringing and the    words are rhyming
   Bm      Bm4        A              G           A   
 I used to hate the fool in me, but only in the morning
       D D4         D2/C#   G 
 Now I tolerate him all day long

Solo 3 (played over Intro chord progression x 2)

Finish on D

The End