How to Play Watching The Detectives on Ukulele?

Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, G, C, Em, D chords. For Am, To play Am, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, leave C, E, A open. For F, To play F, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, leave C, A open. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open. For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open. For Em, To play Em, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, E open. For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Watching The Detectives with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives Ukulele Chords

Chord reference Am, F, G, C, Em, D

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Am] [F] [Am] [F] [Am]Nice girls, not one with a defect, [F]cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct [G] [Am]Red dogs under illegal [F]legs, [Am]she looks so good that he gets down and [F]begs [Am]

She is [C]watching the detectives, “ooh, [G]he’s so cute”, she is [C]watching the detectives [G]When they shoot, [Em]shoot, [F]shoot, [D]shoot, [Am]they beat him up until the teardrops start [G] [F]But he can’t be wounded ’cause he’s got no [C]heart [G]

[Am]Long shot at that jumping sign, [G] [F]invisible shivers running down my spine [G] [Am]Cut to baby taking off her clothes, [G] [F]close-up of the sign that says “We never close”

[Am]He snatches at you and you match his cigarette, [G] [F]she pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet [Am]I don’t know how much more of this [F]I can take, [Am]she’s filing her nails while they’re [F]dragging the lake

[Am]You think you’re alone until you realize you’re in it, Now [F]fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit [Am]Call it instant justice when it’s past the legal limit, [F]Someone’s scratching at the window, I wonder who is it?

The [Am]detectives come to check if you belong to the parents Who are [F]ready to hear the worst about their daughter’s disappearance Though [G]it nearly [Am]took a miracle to get you to stay It only took my little fingers to blow you [C]away

Just like [G]watching the detectives, [C]don’t get cute, it’s just like [G]watching the detectives [Am]I get so angry when the teardrops start, [G] [F]but he can’t be wounded ’cause he’s got no [C]heart [G]Watching the detectives

[Am]It’s just like [F]watching the detectives, [Am]watching the detectives [F]Watching the detectives, [Am]watching the detectives, [F]watching the detectives

Artist Elvis Costello

Album My Aim Is True

Genres Rock

Year 1977

Key Am

Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, G, C, Em, D chords.

For Am, To play Am, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, leave C, E, A open.
For F, To play F, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the E string with finger 2, leave C, A open.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open.
For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open.
For Em, To play Em, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, E open.
For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Watching The Detectives with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.