Rick Springfield

Itsalwayssomething  (Karma) 1999
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Intro:  D   G   Bm   A


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I look around me and I see what I wanted and what I settled for
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Yeah, I've got the heart of a Joan of Arc but the soul of a gigolo
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I've been good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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Anytime I stopped to smell the roses they drew blood from me
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Do you know what I mean
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You never ever get away clean
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Oh, but it's alright
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Yeah, touchdown, turn around, flag on the play


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It's Always Something, You know it is
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It's Always Something
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It's Always Something, everyday, 
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It's Always Something


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When I was a kid the teachers and the priests said
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"Why you let him run around like that?"
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My father said, "If the boy wants to play the guitar, I say we let him."
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Through the hard years he was my rock when I just could not win
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So it goes y'know my father died, just before my leaky ship came in
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Do you know what I mean
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You never ever get away clean
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Oh, but it's alright, yeah
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Down one, homerun, your dog steals the ball


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It's Always Something, You know it is
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It's Always Something
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It's Always Something, everyday, 
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It's Always Something, It's always something


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I step up to the table in the middle of my life
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And I take my cards and I check them twice
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I've got a killer hand and I'm ready to stake my claim
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The cops raid the game

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It's Always Something, 
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It's Always Something
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It's Always Something, everyday, 
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It's Always Something, 

     D      G          Bm          A
It's Always Something, You know it is
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It's Always Something
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It's Always Something, everyday, 
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It's Always Something, It's always something