Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

 There's a place where you don't wanna be

 Where people die constantly

 And they never die in normal ways

 It's preposterous but still cliche

Bridge 1

 When your drug dealer's aunt kills your mom in a duel

 By chopping off her head with a scythe in a pool

 Well they're not saying it makes sense

 They're just interpreting the evidence

Chorus

 This is the plot to every television crime show

From CSI to Columbo and I think you know what's in store

 The guy we met in the first fifteen minutes

Will come back because you know he did it

I don't think they're trying anymore

 And I'm getting bored

Verse 2

There was semen all over the crime scene

 So they use the super-fancy semen testing machine

 And the DNA database gets a hit

 But it looks like he might still get away with it

Bridge 2

 But the final piece of evidence

Totally stumps the bad guy's defense

 And he breaks down in front of everyone

 And tells them exactly how it was done

Chorus

 This is the plot to every television crime show

From CSI to Columbo and I think you know what's in store

 The guy we met in the first fifteen minutes

Will come back because you know he did it

I don't think they're trying anymore

 And I'm getting bored

Interlude

Verse 3

 By the middle of the first season

Murder is eclipsed by sexual tension

 And I guess that probably happens a lot

 Since crime-solving people are always so hot

Bridge 3

 But then a serial killer kidnaps the girl

 And they promise to save her if it costs them the world

 And they find her two seconds before she dies

 And they hug and they laugh and they screw and they cry

Chorus

 This is the plot to every television crime show

From CSI to Columbo and I think you know what's in store

 The guy we met in the first fifteen minutes

Will come back because you know he did it

I don't think they're trying anymore

 And I'm getting bored

*End on C*

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