Watching The Detectives

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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

[INTRO]


Riff x2

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 Rhythm comes in 2nd bass
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[VERSE 1]
Am
 Nice girls, not one with a defect
F                            
 Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so 
           G
correct
Am                      F
 Red dogs under illegal legs
Am                                
 She looks so good that he gets 
       F       Am
down and begs


[CHORUS 1]
        C
 She is watching the detectives
        G
 "Ooh, he's so cute"
        C
 She is watching the detectives
G                Em     F      
 When they shoot, shoot, shoot, 
D
shoot
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 Am                        
 They beat him up until the 
                   G
teardrops start
 F                                 
 But he can't be wounded 'cause 
         C      G
he's got no heart

[VERSE 2]
Am                                G
 Long shot at that jumping sign
F                                 
 Invisible shivers running down my
        G
 spine
Am                                
 Cut to baby taking off her 
       G
clothes
F
 Close-up of the sign that says "We 
never close"


[VERSE 3]
Am                                
 He snatched at you and you match 
               G
his cigarette
F
 She pulls the eyes out with a face 
like a magnet
 Am                                
 I don't know how much more of this
 F
 I can take
 Am                          
 She's filing her nails while 
         F
they're dragging the lake


[CHORUS 2]
         C
 She is watching the detectives
         G
 "Ooh, he's so cute"
C
 She is watching the detectives
G                Em      F      
 When they shoot, shoot, shoot, 
D
shoot
 Am                        
 They beat him up until the 
                    G
teardrops start
 F                                 
 But he can't be wounded 'cause 
         C      G
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
         N.C.                       
         C
 It only took my little fingers to 
blow you away


[CHORUS 3]
           G
 Just like watching the detectives
C
 Don't get cute
                G
 It's just like watching the 
detectives
 Am                                
 I get so angry when the teardrops 
           G
start
 F                                 
 But he can't be wounded 'cause 
         C
he's got no heart
G
 Watching the detectives

ENDING]

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