Elbows

Capo 5th fret

G  C  G  Em  Em

      G                       C     G
On a warm night in March on a dark 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                                  Em        D
For a song or two I felt nothing else existed

G                         C     G
Now if a dream curled at your feet 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                               Em        D
But my eye was captured by a 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         G          G
She flung it and hung it from the disc jockey's booth

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

G                        C         G
No not one word was spoken nor a 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         G        G
And I can't even back up my story with proof

Gm                        C          G
We only touched elbows, felt our 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                Em Em D
Our elbows did touch our arms at right angles

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

         C            D         Em           C
For the world's getting crowded and I can't see a lapse
C                               G
It's not about leaving spaces but filling the gaps
           C        D        Em      C
We're all bumping and knocking strangers all the time
C                                   D
Sometimes we don't notice, mostly 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                                     Em           D
Can lightly brush yours without 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                              Em
We only touched elbows and I'll never forget it

D   G   C        G
C    G   Em    Em
C    D    G
Am   Am    Em     D
G   C  G   Em  Em
C   D  G   Am
Em  Em

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