Watching The Detectives - Single Version chords by
Elvis Costello
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Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Am

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F

C
C

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F

Am
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F
F

Am
Am

F
F

G
G

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That girl's
Verse 1
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not the one with the defects
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F

Sailor Mane, Shriek, Bratz, oh correct
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G

Am
Am

F
F

We had dogs under eagle legs
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Am

She looks so good
F
F

that he gets down and pecks
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G

C
C

She's watching the detectives
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G

Ooh, he's so cute
C
C

She's watching the detectives
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G

Em
Em

When they shoot, shoot,
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F

D
D

shoot, shoot
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Am

They beat him up until the tears drop start
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G

F
F

But he can't feel wounded
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C

G
G

cause he's got no heart
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Am

A long shot at that jumping sign
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F

Invisible shivers running down my spine
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Am

Cut the baby taking off her clothes
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F

Close up of the sign
that says we never close
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Am

You snatch a junior, a cigarette
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F

She pulls her eyes out
with her face like a magnet
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Am

I don't know how much
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F

more of this I can take
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Am

She's filing her nails
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F

while they're dragging the lake
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C

She's watching the detectives,
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G

oh he's so cute
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C

She's watching the detectives,
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G

Em
Em

oh and they shoot, shoot,
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F

Am
Am

shoot, shoot
They beat him up until the teardrops start
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F

But he can't be wounded
C
C

Am
Am

G
G

cause he's got no heart
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Am

You think you're alone
until you realize you're in it now
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F

Fear is here to stay,
love is here forever
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G

Am
Am

They call it instant chess
When it's past the legal limit
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F

Someone's scratching at the window
Our wonderhood
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Am

There's a third detective
From the jack -o'
You belong to the parents
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F

Who are ready to hear the worst
about their daughter's disappearance
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Am

So it nearly took a miracle
to get you to stay
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F

It only took my little fingers
C
C

to blow you away
G
G

Just like watching the detectives
Dm
Dm

C
C

Don't get cute
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G

Just like watching the detectives
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Am

You get so angry when the teardrops start
C
C

F
F

But you can't move
C
C

because you've got no heart
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G

Am
Am

Watching the detectives
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C

F
F

It's just like watching the detectives.
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Am

Watching the detectives.
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F

Watching the detectives.
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Am

Watching the detectives.
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F

Watching the detectives.
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Am

Em
Em

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Am

Watching the detectives.
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F

Watch the protectors
Am
Am

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