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Watching the Detectives
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ARTIST: Elvis Costello
ALBUM: My Aim is True
YEAR: 1977
CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard
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INTRO
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Rhythm comes in 2nd bass
Am - F - Am - F
---VERSE 1---
Am
Nice girls, not one with a defect
F ( G )
Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct
Am F
Red dogs under illegal legs
Am F ( Am )
She looks so good that he gets down and begs
---CHORUS 1--- (if 2nd pt barre chords)
C
She is watching the detectives
G
"Ooh, he's so cute"
C
She is watching the detectives
G Em F D
When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
Am G
They beat him up until the teardrops start
F C G
But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
---VERSE 2---
Am ( G )
Long shot at that jumping sign
F ( G )
Invisible shivers running down my spine
Am ( G )
Cut to baby taking off her clothes
F
Close-up of the sign that says "We never close"
---VERSE 3---
Am ( G )
He snatches at you and you match his cigarette
F
She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet
Am F
I don't know how much more of this I can take
Am F
She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake
---CHORUS 2--- (if 2nd pt barre chords)
C
She is watching the detectives
G
"Ooh, he's so cute"
C
She is watching the detectives
G Em F D
When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
Am ( G )
They beat him up until the teardrops start
F C G
But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
---VERSE 4---
Am
You think you're alone until you realize you're in it
F
Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit
Am
Call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit
F
Someone's scratching at the window, I wonder who is it?
---VERSE 5---
Am
The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
F
Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance
( G ) Am
Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay
x
It only took my little fingers to blow you away
---CHORUS 3--- (if 2nd pt barre chords)
C
Just like watching the detectives
G
Don't get cute
C
It's just like watching the detectives
Am ( G )
I get so angry when the teardrops start
F C G
But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
G
Watching the detectives
---ENDING---
Am ( E Am )
F
It's just like watching the detectives
Am
Watching the detectives
F
Watching the detectives
Am
Watching the detectives
F
Watching the detectives
(REPEAT AND FADE)
