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