Chords for Elvis Costello "Watching The Detectives" 1979 (Reelin' In The Years Archives)
Tempo:
150.7 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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I [G] saw you, _ she was watching her lover _
All around [Em] the ship, ship, [F] _
[D] ship, [Am] ship
Feeling right about to get to the drop spot
[F] But a gamble won't depend on stride [C] or plot
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_ _ Plot
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_ Locks driving by the trumpet [F] sound
_ Visible silver's running down my [Am] spine
Cut the baby, taking off the [F] clothes
Goes out with a sign that says, we've never crossed
_ Stands up to her, you're mad, she's a cigarette
She pulls that ass out with a face like a mad [Am] cat
I don't know how much more of this [F] I can take _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ She's smiling in the air, [F] smiling draggin' away _ _ _
[C] She's watching her detective _ _
[G] Oh, it's so cute _ _ _
[C] Watching her _ detectives
Oh, [G] yeah, [E] this ship, ship, [D] ship, [Am] ship
Feeling right about to get to the drop [C] spot
But a gamble won't depend on stride or _ _ _ [G] plot _ _
_ Plot
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ think you're alone and you realize you're in it
[Ebm] Years in a stale and a [Dm] simple envision
Blood in its [F] congestus, but it's fast [Fm] beneath the limit
Someone's scratching at the river, [A] I wonder who
Is it a [Am] dead detective?
_ You lost to the air as you're [F] ready to hear the words
The bad news, the hottest news, my favorite shit
Feel [Am] into the miracle, it gets you to step
[F] Oh, it's just my little fingers to blow your [Ab] head
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Watching her _ detectives
I [C] _
got a feeling
_ Watching [G] _
their _ detectives
_ _ [Am] You can't float anywhere but still drive your car
[F] You can't move on and when you [C] gotta [D] move hard
[Am] _ [G] You gotta move hard _ _
[Gm] When [G] you [Am] gotta move hard
_ _ _ _ [F] Watching the detectives
_ Watching [E] the [Am] _
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_ [F] _ Watching the _ _ detectives [Am] Yeah! _ _ _ _
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I [G] saw you, _ she was watching her lover _
All around [Em] the ship, ship, [F] _
[D] ship, [Am] ship
Feeling right about to get to the drop spot
[F] But a gamble won't depend on stride [C] or plot
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_ _ Plot
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_ Locks driving by the trumpet [F] sound
_ Visible silver's running down my [Am] spine
Cut the baby, taking off the [F] clothes
Goes out with a sign that says, we've never crossed
_ Stands up to her, you're mad, she's a cigarette
She pulls that ass out with a face like a mad [Am] cat
I don't know how much more of this [F] I can take _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ She's smiling in the air, [F] smiling draggin' away _ _ _
[C] She's watching her detective _ _
[G] Oh, it's so cute _ _ _
[C] Watching her _ detectives
Oh, [G] yeah, [E] this ship, ship, [D] ship, [Am] ship
Feeling right about to get to the drop [C] spot
But a gamble won't depend on stride or _ _ _ [G] plot _ _
_ Plot
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ You
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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ think you're alone and you realize you're in it
[Ebm] Years in a stale and a [Dm] simple envision
Blood in its [F] congestus, but it's fast [Fm] beneath the limit
Someone's scratching at the river, [A] I wonder who
Is it a [Am] dead detective?
_ You lost to the air as you're [F] ready to hear the words
The bad news, the hottest news, my favorite shit
Feel [Am] into the miracle, it gets you to step
[F] Oh, it's just my little fingers to blow your [Ab] head
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Watching her _ detectives
I [C] _
got a feeling
_ Watching [G] _
their _ detectives
_ _ [Am] You can't float anywhere but still drive your car
[F] You can't move on and when you [C] gotta [D] move hard
[Am] _ [G] You gotta move hard _ _
[Gm] When [G] you [Am] gotta move hard
_ _ _ _ [F] Watching the detectives
_ Watching [E] the [Am] _
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_ [F] _ Watching the _ _ detectives [Am] Yeah! _ _ _ _
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