{"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":707645,"song":"Pads Paws And Claws","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11583125-pads-paws-and-claws-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/707645?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Pads, Paws & Claws - Elvis Costello\r\n\r\nMain Riff:\r\n\r\n[tab]Bottom E -1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse One:\r\n  Main riff -------------------------------------\r\nShe's a feline tormentor, not any vaudeville wife\r\n----------------------------\r\nBut with a drunk-town lament\r\n----------------------------\r\nHe leads her a miserable life\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when he's full of that beer-champagne[/tab]\r\nNo Chord\r\nShe pads, paws, pads, paws and claws\r\n\r\nVerse Two:\r\nMain Riff-------------------------------------\r\nAnd if he should wake up in some terrible dive\r\n-------------------------------\r\nAnd he don't know if he's so-so\r\n--------------------------------\r\nBut he's so surprised he's alive\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Come on little honey, let me under your hive\"[/tab]\r\nNo Chord\r\nShe pads, paws, pads, paws and claws\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\nMain Riff--------------------\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nShe pads, pads around the bedroom,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nPracticing ways to flirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHe paws, pours another drink and anything in a skirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnything wearing a necklace[/tab]\r\nB7 ----------------------------------\r\nHe thinks of claws scratching his back\r\n----------------------------------------\r\nhe's going out there he's not coming back\r\n\r\nVerse 3\r\nMain Riff------------------\r\nShe's got spider-leg fingers,\r\n----------------------------\r\nSharpened whenever he strays\r\n----------------------------\r\nAnd she carries a bird-purse,\r\n----------------------------\r\nWith all of her womanly ways\r\n----------------------------\r\nWhile he's drinking hairspray,\r\n---------------------------------\r\nShe knows that he never would dare\r\n--------------------------------------------------------\r\nShe could be in pictures if she wasn't all covered in fur\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's coming home now and here's the surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou wouldn't believe the lies that he tries[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe cut him down to her favourite size[/tab]\r\nNo Chord\r\nShe pads, paws, pads, paws and claws\r\nMain Riff---------------------------\r\nShe pads, paws, pads, paws and claws\r\n\r\nRepeat to Fade\r\n\r\n(----- etc means “Keep playing the riff” or “Keep hitting the chord”. The chords in the \r\nare just hit staccato notes whereas in the verse it has an up, up, change rhythm)","plain_text":"Pads, Paws & Claws - Elvis Costello\n\nMain Riff:\n\n\n\nVerse One:\n  Main riff -------------------------------------\nShe's a feline tormentor, not any vaudeville wife\n----------------------------\nBut with a drunk-town lament\n----------------------------\nHe leads her a miserable life\n\nNo Chord\nShe pads, paws, pads, paws and claws\n\nVerse Two:\nMain Riff-------------------------------------\nAnd if he should wake up in some terrible dive\n-------------------------------\nAnd he don't know if he's so-so\n--------------------------------\nBut he's so surprised he's alive\n\nNo Chord\nShe pads, paws, pads, paws and claws\n\nBridge:\nMain Riff--------------------\n\n\n\n\nB7 ----------------------------------\nHe thinks of claws scratching his back\n----------------------------------------\nhe's going out there he's not coming back\n\nVerse 3\nMain Riff------------------\nShe's got spider-leg fingers,\n----------------------------\nSharpened whenever he strays\n----------------------------\nAnd she carries a bird-purse,\n----------------------------\nWith all of her womanly ways\n----------------------------\nWhile he's drinking hairspray,\n---------------------------------\nShe knows that he never would dare\n--------------------------------------------------------\nShe could be in pictures if she wasn't all covered in fur\n\n\n\nNo Chord\nShe pads, paws, pads, paws and claws\nMain Riff---------------------------\nShe pads, paws, pads, paws and claws\n\nRepeat to Fade\n\n(----- etc means “Keep playing the riff” or “Keep hitting the chord”. The chords in the \nare just hit staccato notes whereas in the verse it has an up, up, change rhythm)","chords":["E","C7","G","E7","C","B7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}