Watching The Detectives Chords by Elvis Costello

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_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] Last girl's had one with a [G] defect, [F] she'll a mainstream brat, so correct.
[Am] _ _ Their dog's under a [F] legal _ next.
_ _ _ [Am] _ She looks so good that he gets [F] down in the _ next.
_ [Am] She's [C] watching the _ detectives.
_ [G] Ooh, it's so cute.
_ _ [C] She's watching the _ detectives.
_ [G] Damn, they [Em]
shoot, [F] shoot, [D] shoot, [Am] shoot.
They beat it up until the C-drops [G] [F] start.
But it can't be wounded, cause it's got [C] no heart. _
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_ _ _ _ [A] Well, I'm shot at that jumping sign.
[F] _ Invisible shivers running down my [A] spine.
[Am] Got the baby taking off her [F] clothes.
Goes up to the sign that says, you never [A] know.
You snatch a junior, match a cigarette.
[F] She pulls her eyes out with a face like a [Am] magnet.
I don't know how much more of this I can _ take.
_ _ _ _ She's filing her nails while they're [F] dragging the lake.
_ _ [C] She's watching the _ detectives.
_ [G] Ooh, it's so cute.
_ _ [C] She's watching the _ detectives.
_ [G] Oh, and [Em] they shoot, [F] shoot, [D] shoot, [Am] shoot.
They beat it up until the C-drops [G] [F] start.
But it can't be wounded, cause it's [C] got no heart. _
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_ _ _ _ [Am] You think you're alone until you realize you're in it.
[F] Now, baby, it's here to stay.
Love is here for [Gm] everything.
[Am] Call it instant death when it's past the legal limit.
[F] Someone's scratching at the window.
I wonder who it is [A] up there.
The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents.
So [F] I'm ready to hear the rest about that daughter's disappearance.
[A] So it really took a miracle to get you to stay.
I [F] only [Fm] want my little fingers to blow [C] you away. _ _
_ Just [G] like watching the _ _ detectives.
_ [C] Don't get cute.
_ Just like [G] watching the _ _ detectives.
_ [Am] _ And you get so angry when the C-drops [E] start.
[F] But it can't be wounded, cause it's got [C] no heart. _ _ _
_ [G] _ Watching the detectives. _
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Just [C] like watching the _ detectives.
_ _ [A] Watching the _ detectives.
_ [F] _ Watching the _ detectives.
_ _ [Am] Watching [Em] the _ _ detectives.
_ [F] Watching the detectives.
_ _ [A] _ [Em] Watching the detectives. _
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