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Pads, Paws & Claws - Elvis Costello Main Riff: Bottom E -1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3-1-1-3 Verse One: Main riff ------------------------------------- She's a feline tormentor, not any vaudeville wife ---------------------------- But with a drunk-town lament ---------------------------- He leads her a miserable life
C7But when heG's full ofE7 that beerC-champagne No Chord She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws
Verse Two: Main Riff------------------------------------- And if he should wake up in some terrible dive ------------------------------- And he don't know if he's so-so -------------------------------- But he's so surprised he's alive
C7"Come Gon little E7honey, letC me under your hive" No Chord She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws
Bridge: Main Riff--------------------
B7She pads, pads around the bedroom, A7Practicing Cways to E7flirt He pA7aws, pours anotherC drink and anyB7thing in a skirt AnyC7thing wearing a necklace B7 ---------------------------------- He thinks of claws scratching his back ---------------------------------------- he's going out there he's not coming back
Verse 3 Main Riff------------------ She's got spider-leg fingers, ---------------------------- Sharpened whenever he strays ---------------------------- And she carries a bird-purse, ---------------------------- With all of her womanly ways ---------------------------- While he's drinking hairspray, --------------------------------- She knows that he never would dare -------------------------------------------------------- She could be in pictures if she wasn't all covered in fur
C7He's comingG home now E7and here'sC the surprise C7You wouldn'Gt believe E7the lies tChat he tries C7She cut himG down to hE7er favouriCte size No Chord She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws Main Riff--------------------------- She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws
Repeat to Fade (----- etc means “Keep playing the riff” or “Keep hitting the chord”. The chords in the are just hit staccato notes whereas in the verse it has an up, up, change rhythm)