Pads Paws And Claws

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 But when he’s full of that beer-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 "Come on little honey let me under your hive" No Chord She pads paws pads paws and claws Bridge: Main Riff-------------------- She pads pads around the bedroom Practicing ways to flirt He paws pours another drink and anything in a skirt Anything wearing a necklace 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 He’s coming home now and here’s the surprise You wouldn’t believe the lies that he tries She cut him down to her favourite 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)