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Watching The Detectives

Elvis Costello
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D-DU-UDU
   Nice girls, not one with a defect
   Cellophane shrink wrap, so correct
   Red dogs under illegal  legs
   She looks so good that he gets down and  begs
 
   She is watching the detectives
   "Ooh, he's so cute"
   Watching the detectives
   When they shoot,  shoot,  shoot,  shoot
   They beat him up until the teardrops start
   But he can't be wounded cos he's got no  heart
  Long shot of that jumping sign
  Visible shivers running down my spine
  Cut to baby taking off her clothes
  Close up of the sign that says, "We never close"
  You snatch a tune, you match a cigarette
  She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet
  I don't know how much more of this I can take
  She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake ... (CH)
  You think you're alone, until you realize you're in it
  Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit
  They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit
  Someone's scrathing at the door, I wonder who is it?
  The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
  Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance
  Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay
  It only took my little fingers to blow you away
   Just like watching  the detectives,
   Don't get cute
   Watching the detectives,
   I get so angry when the teardrops start
   But he can't be wounded cos he's got no  heart
   Watching the detectives,
  Watching the detectives

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Readable chord sheet for Watching The Detectives by Elvis Costello

[Am]     Nice girls, not one with a defect

 [F]     Cellophane shrink wrap, so correct

 [Am]     Red dogs under illeg[F]al legs

 [Am]     She looks so good that he gets down [F]and begs

      [C][B]

 [C]     She is watching the detectives

 [G]     "Ooh, he's so cute"

 [C]     Watching the detectives

 [G]     When they sh[C]oot, sho[F]ot, shoo[D]t, shoot

 [Am]     They beat him up until the teardrops star[G]t

 [F]     But he can't be wounded cos he's got n[C]o hear[G]t

      Long shot of that jumping sign
      Visible shivers running down my spine
      Cut to baby taking off her clothes
      Close up of the sign that says, "We never close"

      You snatch a tune, you match a cigarette
      She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet
      I don't know how much more of this I can take
      She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake  ... (CH)

      You think you're alone, until you realize you're in it
      Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit
      They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit
      Someone's scrathing at the door, I wonder who is it?
      The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
      Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance
      Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay
      It only took my little fingers to blow you away

 [C]     Just like wat[G]ching the detectives,

 [C]     Don't get cute

 [G]     Watching the detectives,

 [Am]     I get so angry when the teardrops start[G]

 [F]     But he can't be wounded cos he's got n[C]o heart

 [G]     Watching the detective[C]s,
      Watching the detectives

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