Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives easy guitar chords by Elvis Costello

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  • Intro 1
    Am
    F

    C
    F
    Am
    F

    Am
    F

    G
    Am

    Verse 1
    Am

    Nice girls,

    not one with a defect
    F

    Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so so correct
    G
    Am
    F

    Red dogs under illegal legs
    Am

    She looks so good that he
    F

    gets down and begs
    Verse 2
    F
    Am
    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

    But he can't be wounded
    C

    'cause he's got no heart
    G
    Verse 3

    Am
    F

    Long shot at that jumping sign

    Invisible shivers running
    Am

    down my spine

    Cut to baby taking off her clothes
    F

    Close-up of of the sign that says,

    "We never close"
    Am

    He snatched at you and

    you match his cigarette
    F

    She pulls the eyes out with

    a face like a magnet
    Am

    I don't know how much
    F

    more of this I can take
    Am

    She's filing her nails while
    F

    they're dragging the lake
    Verse 4
    F
    C

    She is watching the detectives
    G

    Ooh, he's so cute
    C

    She is watching the detectives
    G
    Em

    Oh, when they shoot, shoot,
    F
    Am

    shoot, shoot

    They beat him up until the teardrops start
    F

    But he can't be wounded 'cause
    C

    he's got no heart
    Am
    G
    Verse 5

    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
    G
    Am

    They call it instant justice when

    it's past the legal limit
    F

    Someone's scratching at the window,

    I wonder who is it?
    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
    Am

    Though it nearly took

    a miracle to get you to stay
    F

    It only took my little fingers

    to blow you away
    C
    Verse 6

    G

    Just like watching the detectives
    C

    Don't get cute
    G

    It's just like watching the detectives
    Am

    Oh, I get so angry when
    C

    the teardrops start
    F

    But he can't be wounded 'cause
    C

    he's got no heart
    Verse 7
    C

    G
    Am

    Watching the detectives
    C
    F

    It's just like watching the detectives
    Am

    Watching the detectives
    F

    Watching the detectives
    Verse 8
    F
    Am


    Watching the detectives
    F

    They're watching the detectives
    Am

    They're watching the
    Em
    Am

    detectives
    F

    Watching the detectives
    Am

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