{"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":1711363,"song":"Watching The Detectives","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11360697-watching-the-detectives-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1711363?type=chord","rating":4.82647,"votes":308,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                            Watching the Detectives\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n             \r\nARTIST: Elvis Costello\r\nALBUM: My Aim is True\r\nYEAR: 1977\r\n\r\nCAPO 0\r\nTUNING standard\r\n \r\n[INTRO]\r\n\r\n\r\nRiff x2\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\ne:||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB:||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG:||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD:||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA:||---------0--2vvvvv-----3--2--3----------------------0--2vvvvv----3--2--3---------|\r\nE:||-0h1h3----------------------------1vvvvv-----0h1h3------------------------1vvvvv-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n Rhythm comes in 2nd bass\r\n   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Nice girls, not one with a defect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Red dogs under illegal legs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n She looks so good that he gets down and begs[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS 1]                         \r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n She is watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \"Ooh, he's so cute\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n She is watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n They beat him up until the teardrops start[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\n But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]    \r\n Long shot at that jumping sign[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Invisible shivers running down my spine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Cut to baby taking off her clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                \r\n Close-up of the sign that says \"We never close\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch] \r\n He snatched at you and you match his cigarette[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\n I don't know how much more of this I can take[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS 2]              \r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n She is watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \"Ooh, he's so cute\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n She is watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n They beat him up until the teardrops start[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\n But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n You think you're alone until you realize you're in it[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n Call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                     \r\n Someone's scratching at the window, I wonder who is it?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance[/tab]\r\n[tab]        ( [ch]G[/ch] )   [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]         N.C.                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n It only took my little fingers to blow you away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS 3]          \r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Just like watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n Don't get cute[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n It's just like watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch] \r\n I get so angry when the teardrops start[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n Watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n\r\nENDING]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\n It's just like watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n Watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Watching the detectives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n Watching the detectives [/tab]\r\n\r\n(REPEAT AND FADE)","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                            Watching the Detectives\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n             \nARTIST: Elvis Costello\nALBUM: My Aim is True\nYEAR: 1977\n\nCAPO 0\nTUNING standard\n \n[INTRO]\n\n\nRiff x2\n\n\n\n Rhythm comes in 2nd bass\n   Am   F   Am   F\n\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS 1]                         \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS 2]              \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS 3]          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nENDING]\n\nAm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(REPEAT AND FADE)","chords":["Am","F","B","G","D","A","E","C","Em"],"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]},"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]}}}