Pads, Paws and Claws
Elvis CostelloVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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
Main riff -------------------------------------
She's a feline tormentor, not any vaudeville wife
But with a drunk-town lament
He leads her a miserable life
But when he's full of that beer-champagne
No Chord
She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws
Main Riff-------------------------------------
And if he should wake up in some terrible dive
And he don't know if he's so-so
But he's so surprised he's alive
"Come on little honey, let me under your hive"
No Chord
She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws
Main Riff--------------------
She pads, pads around the bedroom,
Practicing ways to flirt
He paws, pours another drink and anything in a skirt
C7
Anything wearing a necklace
B7 ----------------------------------
He thinks of claws scratching his back
he's going out there he's not coming back
Main Riff------------------
She's got spider-leg fingers,
And she carries a bird-purse,
While he's drinking hairspray,
She could be in pictures if she wasn't all covered in fur
He's coming home now and here's the surprise
You wouldn't believe the lies that he tries
She cut him down to her favourite size
No Chord
She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws
Main Riff---------------------------
She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws
Repeat to Fade
(----- etc means Keep playing the riff or Keep hitting the chord. The chords in the
are just hit staccato notes whereas in the verse it has an up, up, change rhythm)
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Readable chord sheet for Pads, Paws and Claws by Elvis Costello
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 Main riff ------------------------------------- She's a feline tormentor, not any vaudeville wife But with a drunk-town lament He leads her a miserable life [C7]But when he[G]'s full of[E7] that beer[C]-champagne No Chord She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws Main Riff------------------------------------- And if he should wake up in some terrible dive And he don't know if he's so-so But he's so surprised he's alive [C7]"Come on li[G]ttle honey[E7], let me u[C]nder your hive" No Chord She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws Main Riff-------------------- [B7]She pads, pads around the bedroom, [A7]Practicing [C]ways to [E7]flirt He p[A7]aws, pours another[C] drink and any[B7]thing in a skirt [C7] Anything wearing a necklace B7 ---------------------------------- He thinks of claws scratching his back he's going out there he's not coming back Main Riff------------------ She's got spider-leg fingers, And she carries a bird-purse, While he's drinking hairspray, She could be in pictures if she wasn't all covered in fur [C7]He's coming[G] home now [E7]and here's[C] the surprise [C7]You wouldn'[G]t believe [E7]the lies t[C]hat he tries [C7]She cut him[G] down to h[E7]er favouri[C]te size No Chord She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws Main Riff--------------------------- She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws Repeat to Fade (----- etc means Keep playing the riff or Keep hitting the chord. The chords in the are just hit staccato notes whereas in the verse it has an up, up, change rhythm)