Watching The Detectives

ARTIST: Elvis Costello
ALBUM: My Aim is True
YEAR: 1977
CAPO 0
TUNING standard

INTRO

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 Rhythm comes in 2nd bass
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VERSE 1

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 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

        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 snatched 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

         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
         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                                           G
 I get so angry when the teardrops start
 F                                          C
 But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
G
 Watching the detectives
ENDING]
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                F
 It's just like watching the detectives
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 Watching the detectives
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 Watching the detectives
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 Watching the detectives
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 Watching the detectives