You Cant Fail Me Now
By Joseph Lee Henry, Loudon Wainwright III
As performed by Bonnie Raitt
tabbed by BluesButcher
Standard Tuning, Capo on 2nd
Verse 1
[G] [Em] [Bm] [D]
I know that fan is moving air, I can see it in your hair
[Am] [C] [Em]
But I can't bear to breathe it in some-how
[Am] [C] [G]
I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now
[Am] [C] [G]
I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now
Verse 2
[G] [Em] [Bm] [D]
Salt is sweet u-pon my mouth, and dark throws sparks a-gainst my house
[Am] [C] [Em]
The state of love is a smudge on my brow
[Am] [C] [G]
But you see through me and you can't fail me now
[Am] [C] [G]
When you see right through me, you can't fail me now
Verse 3
[G] [Em] [Bm] [D]
I've bit off more than I can chew, It's something that I tend to do
[Am] [C] [Em]
When fewer words are what we need and how
[Am] [C] [G]
You bite my tongue, and you can't fail me now
[Am] [C] [G]
I rant and rail but you can't fail me now
Instrumental verse
Bridge
[C] [D]
I've lost the thread a-mong the vines
[G] [D] [Em]
And hung myself in story line
[Am] [C] [G]
That tell the tales I never would al-low
[C] [D]
God knows the name of every bird
[G] [D] [Em]
That fills my mind like angry words
[Am] [C] [D]
But you know all my secret heart a-vows
Verse 4
[G] [Em] [Bm] [D]
We're taught to love the worst of us and mercy more than life but trust me
[Am] [C] [Em]
Mercy's just a warning shot across the bow
[Am] [C] [G]
I live for yours and you can't fail me now
[Am] [C] [G]
I live for your mercy...
[Bm] [Em]
you can't fail me now
[D] [G]
No, you can't fail me now
