Elbows Ukulele chords by Darren Hanlon

• Capo on 5th

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