Watching the Detective Chords
Watching the Detective by Elvis Costello is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|------7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-7--8-8-8-8-8---3-3-3----------|
|--0h5-----------5-5--5-------------------------1-1-1---|
Then, When guitar comes in:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--5-5--5-3-5---5-5--5--3-0-5---1-1--1-1-1---3-4---|
Repeat
From here on, the bassist improvises. Therefore, you can have fun by improvising as well.
i only put his because the intro is the coolest bass part in the song anyway.
(even though there are some cool licks later too)