{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1013870,"song":"Dr Watson I Presume","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11223857-dr-watson-i-presume-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1013870?type=chord","rating":0.00208,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI sat in a motel room with the doctor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch].................[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust before we were supposed to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch].............................[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said regarding this guardian wing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]...............................[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis black and clipped misshapen thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch].......................[ch]G[/ch]...........[ch]D[/ch]\r\nHobbling on from claw to ring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]................[ch]D[/ch]\r\nHung upside down and cawing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]...............[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPecking at carrion of the fallen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBattalion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThawing[/tab]\r\n[tab]......[ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn frozen mooring[/tab]\r\n\r\nBlackbird in a crust no more\r\nThey fell down 4 and 20\r\nBloodstained the land of want and plenty\r\nNow raven standing at his shoulder\r\nStared with eyes of molten solder\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]......[ch]D[/ch]............[ch]C[/ch]..........[ch]G[/ch]\r\nDripping on a lacquer box[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]......[ch]D[/ch].........[ch]C[/ch].........[ch]G[/ch]\r\nIntroducing keys to locks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch].......[ch]D[/ch]..........[ch]Am[/ch]...[ch]C/B[/ch]....[ch]C[/ch]\r\nSeven talents there where hidden[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]......................[ch]D[/ch]\r\nMysterious and some forbidden[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]..........[ch]D[/ch]........[ch]C[/ch]............[ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake the honey from the comb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]..........[ch]D[/ch]........[ch]C[/ch]............[ch]G[/ch]\r\nRavel thread around the loom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]..........[ch]D[/ch]........[ch]C[/ch]............[ch]G[/ch]\r\nDig the dirt up from the tomb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]..[ch]C/B[/ch]..[ch]C[/ch]..........[ch]D[/ch].....[ch]G[/ch]\r\nDoctor ...Watson, I presume[/tab]\r\n\r\nOne will follow\r\nTwo unknown sorrow\r\nThree for laughter\r\nFour ever after\r\nFive-foot flood when the waters hit\r\nSix feet deep, the eternal pit\r\n\r\nSeven prayers and seven pleas\r\nTo eight imagined deities\r\nCat o' nine tails\r\nCat of nine lives\r\nBrides turned into old wives tales\r\nYour complexion colours then it pales\r\nAnd into the sunset it sails\r\n\r\nSoon these secrets will be scattered\r\nHeaven knows what lies inside\r\nIt took a moment to discover\r\nA lifetime to decide\r\n\r\nTake the honey from the comb\r\nRavel thread around the loom\r\nDig the dirt up from the tomb\r\nDr. Watson, I presume\r\n\r\n\r\nYou can also play with a capo (7th fret I believe) as in \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI sat in a motel room with the doctor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch].................[ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust before we were supposed to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch].............................[ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe said regarding this guardian wing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]...............................[ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis black and clipped misshapen thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch].......................[ch]C[/ch]...........[ch]G[/ch]\r\nHobbling on from claw to ring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]................[ch]G[/ch]\r\nHung upside down and cawing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]...............[ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPecking at carrion of the fallen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBattalion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThawing[/tab]\r\n[tab]......[ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn frozen mooring[/tab]\r\n\r\nBlackbird in a crust no more\r\nThey fell down 4 and 20\r\nBloodstained the land of want and plenty\r\nNow raven standing at his shoulder\r\nStared with eyes of molten solder\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]......[ch]G[/ch]............[ch]F[/ch]..........[ch]C[/ch]\r\nDripping on a lacquer box[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]......[ch]G[/ch]............[ch]F[/ch]..........[ch]C[/ch]\r\nIntroducing keys to locks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch].......[ch]G[/ch].............[ch]Dm[/ch]..........[ch]F[/ch]\r\nSeven talents there where hidden[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]......................[ch]G[/ch]\r\nMysterious and some forbidden[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]..........[ch]G[/ch]........[ch]F[/ch]............[ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake the honey from the comb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]..........[ch]G[/ch]........[ch]F[/ch]............[ch]C[/ch]\r\nRavel thread around the loom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]..........[ch]G[/ch]........[ch]F[/ch]............[ch]C[/ch]\r\nDig the dirt up from the tomb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]......[ch]F[/ch]..........[ch]G[/ch].....[ch]C[/ch]\r\nDoctor Watson, I presume[/tab]\r\n\r\nOne will follow\r\nTwo unknown sorrow\r\nThree for laughter\r\nFour ever after\r\nFive-foot flood when the waters hit\r\nSix feet deep, the eternal pit\r\n\r\nSeven prayers and seven pleas\r\nTo eight imagined deities\r\nCat o' nine tails\r\nCat of nine lives\r\nBrides turned into old wives tales\r\nYour complexion colours then it pales\r\nAnd into the sunset it sails\r\n\r\nSoon these secrets will be scattered\r\nHeaven knows what lies inside\r\nIt took a moment to discover\r\nA lifetime to decide\r\n\r\nTake the honey from the comb\r\nRavel thread around the loom\r\nDig the dirt up from the tomb\r\nDr. Watson, I presume","plain_text":"Blackbird in a crust no more\nThey fell down 4 and 20\nBloodstained the land of want and plenty\nNow raven standing at his shoulder\nStared with eyes of molten solder\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne will follow\nTwo unknown sorrow\nThree for laughter\nFour ever after\nFive-foot flood when the waters hit\nSix feet deep, the eternal pit\n\nSeven prayers and seven pleas\nTo eight imagined deities\nCat o' nine tails\nCat of nine lives\nBrides turned into old wives tales\nYour complexion colours then it pales\nAnd into the sunset it sails\n\nSoon these secrets will be scattered\nHeaven knows what lies inside\nIt took a moment to discover\nA lifetime to decide\n\nTake the honey from the comb\nRavel thread around the loom\nDig the dirt up from the tomb\nDr. Watson, I presume\n\n\nYou can also play with a capo (7th fret I believe) as in \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlackbird in a crust no more\nThey fell down 4 and 20\nBloodstained the land of want and plenty\nNow raven standing at his shoulder\nStared with eyes of molten solder\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne will follow\nTwo unknown sorrow\nThree for laughter\nFour ever after\nFive-foot flood when the waters hit\nSix feet deep, the eternal pit\n\nSeven prayers and seven pleas\nTo eight imagined deities\nCat o' nine tails\nCat of nine lives\nBrides turned into old wives tales\nYour complexion colours then it pales\nAnd into the sunset it sails\n\nSoon these secrets will be scattered\nHeaven knows what lies inside\nIt took a moment to discover\nA lifetime to decide\n\nTake the honey from the comb\nRavel thread around the loom\nDig the dirt up from the tomb\nDr. Watson, I presume","chords":["Em","Am","G","D","C","C/B","A","Dm","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}