Artist: Pain
Album: Wonderful Beef (1997)
Note: I like to play this song with suspended second chords. It kind of gives it a 
dreamy, singer-songwriter-ish sound... but then again, that's not what most people reading 
this tab are looking for, I assume.

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D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)       AIt's (x02220@1)not the number of times he tried to
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)         GBut (320003@1)the one time that he did.
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)             AI (x02220@1)once told him to beware of things to come,
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                GBut (320003@1)I was the one who should be scared.
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)       AAll (x02220@1)the police and handcuffs didn't bother him.
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                GHe's (320003@1)sure that God would understand.
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)       AOh, (x02220@1)the killings in the convent hall.
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                GThe (320003@1)cleaning bill was outrageous.

[chorus]

D (xx0232@1)   AGavin (x02220@1)killed a nun:
     G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)                  D"She (xx0232@1)had it coming and she got what she deserved."
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)       AGod (x02220@1)helps those who help themselves.
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)         AAll (x02220@1)the kids at recess rallied for his cause.
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)         AThe (x02220@1)paid their lunch money for his bail.

D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)       AFor (x02220@1)all the times he tried to do it
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                GWell (320003@1)he finally got it right.
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)       AAll (x02220@1)the kids in school just think of Gavin
             D (xx0232@1)                GAs (320003@1)a folk hero because school's let out all day.

Em7    G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              GSister (320003@1)Mary's yardstick once broke on Gavin's hand,
Em7                        GBut (320003@1)now Gavin's set things right.
Em7    G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              GSister (320003@1)Mary's yardstick once broke on Gavin's hand,
Em7                  G (320003@1)                         D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)   ABut (x02220@1)now Gavin's sent Sister Mary to the promised l----a----n----d.
D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)        ATo (x02220@1)the promised land!

D (xx0232@1)   AGavin (x02220@1)killed a nun:
     G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)                  D"She (xx0232@1)had it coming and she got what she deserved."
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)       AGod (x02220@1)helps those who help themselves.
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)         AAll (x02220@1)the kids at recess rallied for his cause.
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)         AThe (x02220@1)paid their lunch money for his bail.

D (xx0232@1)   AGavin (x02220@1)killed a nun:
     G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)                  D"She (xx0232@1)had it coming and she got what she deserved."
D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)       AGod (x02220@1)helps those who help themselves.
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)         AAll (x02220@1)the kids at recess rallied for his cause.
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)         AThe (x02220@1)paid their lunch money for his bail.