Elbows Chords

Capo 5th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

G C G Em Em

 On a warm nGight in March on a daCrk discoG floor

 I dancEmed up a storm like I’d never before

 Every step iCn the book and then Dsome that wGeren’t listed

AmFor a song or two I felt nothing else exiEmsted D

GNow if a dream curled at your feet you’dC take itG home and name it

 I’m struggEmling now to find something to blame it on

CStrobing effectDs or perhaps it wasG that dress

AmBut my eye was captured by a beautiful aEmctress D

 Now the minutiaeG’s still my memoCry writ large G

EmAs she danced nearer me with her coy entourage

CShe tugged at the scarf Dround her neck it came lGoose

AmShe flung it and hung it from the dCisc jockey’s Gbooth G

 But beCfore I conDtinue one Emmoments reCprieve

CI grant you dear audience a chance to leGave

 For my tCale never eDnds in that Emit never stCarted

CWhen the house lights came on I’d alreadDy departed

GNo not one word was spoken nor a glCance Gexchanged

 When theEm sun rose next morning the world hadn’t changed

 See we oCnly touched elboDws is the plGain naked truth

AmAnd I can’t even back up my stCory with prGoof G

GmWe only touched elbows, felt our bCones clunk togGether

EmThen the moment was over in a falling feather

CAn accident suDre but it Ghappened I’ll wrangle

AmOur elbows did touch our arms at right aEmngles Em Em D

 Now there’s naugGht the nosey observer coCuld’ve gGuessed

 BEmut the rock and roll drummer inside of my chest

CEveryone’s seen her filmDs and I’ll whisper her naGme

 That we Amonly touched elbows is nCot such a shGame

 For the wCorld’s getting Dcrowded and I caEmn’t see a Clapse

CIt’s not about leaving spaces but filling the gaGps

 We’re all buCmping and kDnocking strangEmers all theC time

CSometimes we don’t notice, mostly we don’t mDind

GA foot brushes your ankle on a Cpeak hourG bus

 Someone’sEm hand on the small of your back as they pass

CA shopkeepersD fingers whileG handing you change

 CAman lightly brush yours without feeling too stEmrange D

 But why I feGlt so alive I can’t Cquite deGtermine

EmThere could be a word to explain it in German

 Some tCake othersD home wakiGng up to regret it

AmWe only touched elbows and I’ll never forget it Em

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

 Now the Ginnocent DJ still spCins his blacGk moons

EmAnd keeps us all moving with his faithful tunes Em

CAnd the lights Dnod in synch, they’re mecGhanically powered

AmWe only touched elbows and I sCtill haven’t G