Guitar Tab:It Never Fails

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It Never Fails

By: John Flansburgh

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Year: 2006

Tabbed By: Yankamerica

D We're cops, we're not psychiatrists E F#m We ain't no Sigmund Freud B7 But inside of every criminal E E+ Is an aching empty void A C Bm A A Bm D E You take your cosmetic surgeon with his fancy carving knife A B7 D E We get word that he's been plotting a malfeasance on his wife A Bm A D When the gruesome deed is done, he freaks out and calls his mom B7 E7 Cause the saintly woman knows just what to say to keep him calm A Bm A D The confession is recorded on this handy tap device A D A C Bm A Now our guy is in the clink, serving 25 to life D It never fails (It never fails) A It never fails (It never fails) B7 E Be them killers, cons, or felons, guys in marketing or sales A Bm A/C# D There's a broken kid inside, a wounded child that he can't hide A D A C Bm A And we're fillin' up the jails, 'cause it never, ever fails A D A C Bm A A Bm D E You catch your counterfeit duchess with your taste for haute couture A B7 D E Dresses her self-loathing in Armani and Dior A Bm A D We stick a camera in her sweatshop where she pays her workers dirt B7 E7 Makes a twenty dollar knockoff from a thousand dollar shirt A Bm A D She realizes she's busted, burns the factory to the floor A D A C Bm A Now she's wearing prison orange and her bathroom has no door D It never fails (It never fails) A It never fails (It never fails) B7 E You're an up and coming slumlord or the freakin' Prince of Wales A Bm A/C# D There's a weak and fragile soul with a lack of self-control A D A C Bm A And we're fillin' up the jails, 'cause it never, ever fails A D A C Bm A Yes, we're fillin' up the jails, 'cause it never, ever fails D E F#m Now any good detective treats his suspect with respect D E F#m Nobody's a criminal by choice D E F#m You can bet that every felon is a victim of neglect Bm E Alone and out of touch with his authentic inner voice E7 Authentic inner voice, authentic inner voice A Bm D E You take a police detective with a wife he never sees A B7 D E He leaves her all alone while hunting public enemies A Bm A D Then Friday he comes home to take his gal out for some fun B7 E7 And he finds her in flagrante with enemy number one A Bm A D Without embraces from her husband, she embraced a life of crime A D A C Bm A Now I'm stuck here on a stakeout while my wife is doing time D It never fails (It never fails) A It never fails (It never fails) B7 E The devil's in the goddamn psychological details A Bm A/C# D It's the pain that you can't see that's the liability A D A C Bm A And we're fillin' up the jails, 'cause it never, ever fails A D A C Bm A Yes, we're fillin' up the jails, 'cause it never, ever fails