Elbows chords by Darren Hanlon

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


Intro


C F C Am



Verse 1


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

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


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



Bridge


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



Verse 2


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


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


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



Bridge


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



Verse 3


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


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



Trumpet Solo


G C F C F C Am Am
F G C
Dm Dm Am G
C F C Am Am
F G C Dm Am Am



Final Verse


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