Chords with lyrics
Capo 5th fret (chords relative to capo)
F F F Dm Dm
F F F
On a warm night in March on a dark disco floor
Dm
I danced up a storm like I’d never before
F G F
Every step in the book and then some that weren’t listed
Dm Dm G
For a song or two I felt nothing else existed
F F F
Now if a dream curled at your feet you’d take it home and name it
Dm
I’m struggling now to find something to blame it on
F G F
Strobing effects or perhaps it was that dress
Dm Dm G
But my eye was captured by a beautiful actress
F F F
Now the minutiae’s still my memory writ large
Dm
As she danced nearer me with her coy entourage
F G F
She tugged at the scarf round her neck it came loose
Dm F F F
She flung it and hung it from the disc jockey’s booth
F G Dm F
But before I continue one moments reprieve
F F
I grant you dear audience a chance to leave
F G Dm F
For my tale never ends in that it never started
F G
When the house lights came on I’d already departed
F F F
No not one word was spoken nor a glance exchanged
Dm
When the sun rose next morning the world hadn’t changed
F G F
See we only touched elbows is the plain naked truth
Dm F F F
And I can’t even back up my story with proof
Cm F F
We only touched elbows, felt our bones clunk together
Dm
Then the moment was over in a falling feather
F G F
An accident sure but it happened I’ll wrangle
Dm Dm Dm Dm G
Our elbows did touch our arms at right angles
F F F
Now there’s naught the nosey observer could’ve guessed
Dm
But the rock and roll drummer inside of my chest
F G F
Everyone’s seen her films and I’ll whisper her name
Dm F F
That we only touched elbows is not such a shame
F G Dm F
For the world’s getting crowded and I can’t see a lapse
F F
It’s not about leaving spaces but filling the gaps
F G Dm F
We’re all bumping and knocking strangers all the time
F G
Sometimes we don’t notice, mostly we don’t mind
F F F
A foot brushes your ankle on a peak hour bus
Dm
Someone’s hand on the small of your back as they pass
F G F
A shopkeepers fingers while handing you change
Dm Dm G
Can lightly brush yours without feeling too strange
F F F
But why I felt so alive I can’t quite determine
Dm
There could be a word to explain it in German
F G F
Some take others home waking up to regret it
Dm Dm
We only touched elbows and I’ll never forget it
G F F F
F F Dm Dm
F G F
Dm Dm Dm G
F F F Dm Dm
F G F Dm
Dm Dm
F F F
Now the innocent DJ still spins his black moons
Dm Dm
And keeps us all moving with his faithful tunes
F G F
And the lights nod in synch, they’re mechanically powered
Dm F F
We only touched elbows and I still haven’t showered
