Elbows chords by Darren Hanlon

Chords with lyrics

Darren Hanlon - 'Elbows' from the album "Fingertips and Mountaintops" (2006)


Intro


C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm


Verse 1


   C majorC            FF     C majorC
On a warm night in March on a dark disco floor
  A minorAm
I danced up a storm like I?d never before
   FF      G+G       C majorC
Every step in the book and then some that weren?t listed
   DmDm               A minorAm        G+G
For a song or two I felt nothing else existed

        C majorC               FF      C majorC
Now if a dream curled at your feet you?d take it home and name it
  A minorAm
I?m struggling now to find something to blame it on
FF       G+G    C majorC
Strobing effects or perhaps it was that dress
    DmDm               A minorAm        G+G
But my eye was captured by a beautiful actress


      C majorC        FF      C majorC
Now the minutiae?s still my memory writ large
    A minorAm
As she danced nearer me with her coy entourage
  FF       G+G        C majorC
She tugged at the scarf round her neck it came loose
  DmDm               FF      C majorC
She flung it and hung it from the disc jockey?s booth


Bridge


   FF     G+G     A minorAm    FF
But before I continue one moments reprieve
                    C majorC
I grant you dear audience a chance to leave
    FF     G+G      A minorAm     FF
For my tale never ends in that it never started
                       G+G
When the house lights came on I?d already departed

Verse 2


    C majorC             FF   C majorC
No not one word was spoken nor a glance exchanged
     A minorAm
When the sun rose next morning the world hadn?t changed
    FF      G+G       C majorC
See we only touched elbows is the plain naked truth
   DmDm          FF     C majorC     B minorBm
And I can?t even back up my story with proof


                 FF       C majorC
We only touched elbows, felt our bones clunk together
     A minorAm
Then the moment was over in a falling feather
  FF    G+G      C majorC
An accident sure but it happened I?ll wrangle
  DmDm                 A minorAm          G+G
Our elbows did touch our arms at right angles


      C majorC           FF      C majorC
Now there?s naught the nosey observer could?ve guessed
    A minorAm
But the rock and roll drummer inside of my chest
   FF       G+G       C majorC
Everyone?s seen her films and I?ll whisper her name
    DmDm           FF     C majorC
That we only touched elbows is not such a shame


Bridge


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


Verse 3


    C majorC           FF      C majorC
A augmentedA foot brushes your ankle on a peak hour bus
     A minorAm
Someone?s hand on the small of your back as they pass
  FF     G+G       C majorC
A augmentedA shopkeepers fingers while handing you change
  DmDm                   A minorAm       G+G
Can lightly brush yours without feeling too strange


     C majorC           FF    C majorC
But why I felt so alive I can?t quite determine
   A minorAm
There could be a word to explain it in German
   FF      G+G      C majorC
Some take others home waking up to regret it
  DmDm                  A minorAm
We only touched elbows and I?ll never forget it


Trumpet Solo


G+G C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm Am
FF G+G C majorC
DmDm Dm A minorAm G+G
C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm Am
FF G+G C majorC DmDm A minorAm Am


Final Verse


    C majorC         FF       C majorC
Now the innocent DJ still spins his black moons
  A minorAm
And keeps us all moving with his faithful tunes
    FF       G+G        C majorC
And the lights nod in sync, they?re mechanically powered
  DmDm             FF       C majorC
We only touched elbows and I still haven?t showered

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