Watching The Detectives Chords by Elvis Costello

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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ Glass girl's [A] got one with a [F] defect, she'll blame shrink [C] wrap so [G] correct.
[Am] _ Red dog's under a regal [F] _ mix.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ She looks so good that he gets [F] down and [C]
fix.
[F] _ _ [Am] _ [C] She's watching the _ detectives.
_ [G] Ooh, they're so cute.
_ _ _ [C] She's watching the _ detectives.
_ [G] Damn, they [Em] shoot, [F] shoot, [D] shoot, [Am] shoot.
He beat it up until the teardrops start.
[Em] _ [F] But he can't feel wounded cause he's got [C] no heart. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ I'm [G] shot at that [A] jumping [C] sign.
[F] _ Invisible shivers running down my [G] [Am] spine.
Got the baby taking off her [F] clothes.
Goes up to the sanitary _ [G] medical.
[A] He's had a junior [E] match and _ [F] cigarette.
She pulls the eye down with her face like [G] a [A] magnet.
I don't know how much more of this [F] I can take.
_ _ [G] _ [A] _ [E] She's filing her nails while [F] they're dragging the lake.
_ [C] _ She's watching the _ detectives.
_ [G] Ooh, they're so cute.
_ _ _ [C] She's watching the _ detectives.
_ [G] Damn, they [Em] shoot, [F] shoot, [D] shoot, [Am] shoot.
He beat it up until the teardrops [G] start.
[F] But he can't feel wounded cause he's got [C] no heart. _ _
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_ _ _ [A] You think you're alone until you realize you're in it.
[F] Now baby, see the state of it's here for [G] everything.
[Am] They call it institution when it's past the big limit.
[F] Someone's scratching at the window.
I wonder who is the [A] better judge.
The detectives come to check if you belong to the marriage.
[F] So I'm ready to hear the worst about that daughter's disappearance.
[A] So if you feel it's a miracle to get you to stay.
I'm ready [F] to feel it with my little fingers to blow [C] you away. _ _
_ Just [G] like watching the _ detectives.
[D] _ _ [C] Don't get cute.
_ Just [G] like watching the _ detectives.
_ _ [Am] _ Get so angry when the teardrops start.
[F] But you can't feel wounded cause you got [C] no _ heart. _ _ _
[G] _ Watching the _ detectives. _
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Just [F] like watching [C] the _ detectives.
_ _ [A] Watching the _ [E] detectives.
_ _ [C] Watching the _ detectives.
_ _ [Am] Watching [E] the detectives. _
_ _ [F] Watching the _ detectives.
_ _ [A] Watching [Em] the detectives. _
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