Elbows

Capo 5th fret

G  C  G  Em  Em

      G                       C   
On a warm night in March on a dark
  G
 disco floor
    Em
I danced up a storm like I'd never 
before
       C             D       G
Every step in the book and then some
 that weren't listed
Am                             
For a song or two I felt nothing 
     Em        D
else existed

G                         C     
Now if a dream curled at your feet 
G
you'd take it home and name it
       Em
I'm struggling now to find something
 to blame it on
C         D             G
Strobing effects or perhaps it was 
that dress
Am                         
But my eye was captured by a 
      Em        D
beautiful actress

         G           C         G
Now the minutiae's still my memory 
writ large
Em
As she danced nearer me with her coy
 entourage
C               D              G
She tugged at the scarf round her 
neck it came loose
Am                            C  
She flung it and hung it from the
       G          G
 disc jockey's booth

     C          D      Em        
But before I continue one moments 
C
reprieve
C                         G
I grant you dear audience a chance 
to leave
     C         D          Em     
For my tale never ends in that it
    C
 never started
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C                                 
When the house lights came on I'd 
   D
already departed

G                        C    
No not one word was spoken nor a 
     G
glance exchanged
         Em
When the sun rose next morning the 
world hadn't changed
    C          D         G
See we only touched elbows is the 
plain naked truth
Am                        C      
And I can't even back up my story
   G        G
 with proof

Gm                        C      
We only touched elbows, felt our 
    G
bones clunk together
Em
Then the moment was over in a 
falling feather
C         D            G
An accident sure but it happened 
I'll wrangle
Am                        Em     
Our elbows did touch our arms at 
           Em Em D
right angles

         G               C 
Now there's naught the nosey 
        G
observer could've guessed
 Em
But the rock and roll drummer inside
 of my chest
C              D                  
Everyone's seen her films and I'll 
G
whisper her name
     Am                  C        
That we only touched elbows is not
    G
 such a shame

         C            D         
For the world's getting crowded 
Em           C
and I can't see a lapse
C                               G
It's not about leaving spaces but 
filling the gaps
           C        D        
We're all bumping and knocking 
Em      C
strangers all the time
C                                 
Sometimes we don't notice, mostly 
  D
we don't mind

G               C          G
A foot brushes your ankle on a peak 
hour bus
    Em
Someone's hand on the small of your 
back as they pass
C       D         G
A shopkeepers fingers while handing 
you change
 Am                            
Can lightly brush yours without 
         Em           D
feeling too strange

        G              C      G
But why I felt so alive I can't 
quite determine
Em
There could be a word to explain it 
in German
   C          D     G
Some take others home waking up to 
regret it
Am                              
We only touched elbows and I'll 
Em
never forget it

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C    G   Em    Em
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C   D  G   Am
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         G          C            
Now the innocent DJ still spins his 
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black moons
Em                              
And keeps us all moving with his 
Em
faithful tunes
C          D               G
And the lights nod in synch, they're
 mechanically powered
Am                        C      
We only touched elbows and I 
     G
still haven't showered