Red Elephant
Born RuffiansVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Intro/Verse Chords
Riff on E
e---0 --0 --0 --0---------0
B---0 --0 --0 --0----------
G---9 --6 --4 --1----0h1---
D---9 --6 --4 --2 2-------
A---7 --4 --2 --2--2-------
E---0 --0 --0 --0--0-------
e--- --- --- --0
B--- --- --- --0
G--- --6 --4 --1
D--4 --6 --4 --2
A--4 --4 --2 --2
E--2 --- --- --0
e--0 --0 --0
B--0 --0 --0
G--0 --0 --1
D--6 --4 --2
A--6 --4 --2
E--4 --2 --0
When am I supposed to say so long?
When am I supposed to say so long?
When I fall in love 'fore dusk is dawn
When you take my hand across the lawn
With the eyes so sweet they're like a fawn
Red elephant is wet & long...
How am I supposed to wash you off?
Rungs of bad poems I've hacked & coughed
But I have to spare a breath for you
Which I'll take, before we make anew
Our hearts will take a stroll for two
Our feet will take the avenue
& Walk in unison, so cute
Red elephant is turning blue
Why am I here when you're over there?
Let's meet at the fountains
In Dundas Square
Who am I supposed to be with you?
I'll wait 'til you say & pretend I knew
Because if it's true that walls can talk
How mine would brag of tears I've sobbed
When thinking of the way we walked
Along the paths of sideway chalk
Forever under ticking clock
Where you & I are free to flock
What can I write when I know it's wrong?
Slapping my knee to my own damn song
Where can we go when the sinking stops?
To the pit of my chest
As it drops and drops...
But your head upon my chest, it breathes
And my fingers through your hair they weave
And your shoulders are the perfect sea
In which I get lost invariably
Oh the elephant is up to sea
If it meets the peach fish underneath
& When I am you and you are me
We are stirred as spoons in lover's tea
Whoa oh oh whoa oh whoa oh whoa
The chord changes come fast and furious at the end, but thats about it.
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Readable chord sheet for Red Elephant by Born Ruffians
Intro/Verse Chords [E5] [C#5] [B5] Riff on [E] e---0 --0 --0 --0---------0 B---0 --0 --0 --0---------- G---9 --6 --4 --1----0h1--- D---9 --6 --4 --2 2------- A---7 --4 --2 --2--2------- E---0 --0 --0 --0--0------- e--[F#]- -[C#5]-- -[B5]-- -[E]-0 B--- --- --- --0 G--- --6 --4 --1 D--4 --6 --4 --2 A--4 --4 --2 --2 E--2 --- --- --0 e--[G#]0 --[F#]0 --[E]0 B--0 --0 --0 G--0 --0 --1 D--6 --4 --2 A--6 --4 --2 E--4 --2 --0 [E5]When am I supposed to say [C#5]so lon[B5]g? [E5]When am I supposed to say [C#5]so lon[B5]g? [B5]When I [F#5]fall in l[C#5]ove 'fore d[B5]usk is d[E]awn [E]When you [F#5]take my [C#5]hand acr[B5]oss the l[E]awn [E]With the [F#5]eyes so [C#5]sweet they're [B5]like a fa[E]wn Red[F#5] elep[C#5]hant is[B5] wet & l[E]ong... [E5]How am I supposed to wash [C#5]you o[B5]ff? [E5]Rungs of bad poems I've hack[C#5]ed & c[B5]oughed [B5]But I h[F#5]ave to s[C#5]pare a b[B5]reath for y[E]ou [E]Which I'll t[F#5]ake, be[C#5]fore we [B5]make an[E]ew Our h[F#5]earts will t[C#5]ake a stro[B5]ll for t[E]wo Our [F#5]feet will t[C#5]ake the [B5]avenue [E] & [F#5]Walk in[C#5] unis[B5]on, so c[E]ute Red e[F#5]lepha[C#5]nt is tu[B5]rning bl[E]ue [E5]Why am I here when you're [C#5]over th[B5]ere? Let's meet at the fountains In Dundas Square Who am I supposed to be with you? I'll wait 'til you say & pretend I knew [B5]Because [F#5]if it's [C#5]true that w[B5]alls can tal[E]k How mine would brag of tears I've sobbed When thinking of the way we walked Along the paths of sideway chalk Forever under ticking clock Where you & I are free to flock [E5]What can I write when I know [C#5]it's w[B5]rong? Slapping my knee to my own damn song Where can we go when the sinking stops? To the pit of my chest As it drops and drops... But your h[F#5]ead u[C#5]pon my [B5]chest, it b[E]reathes And my fingers through your hair they weave And your shoulders are the perfect sea In which I get lost invariably Oh the elephant is up to sea If it meets the peach fish underneath & When I am you and you are me We are stirred as spoons in lover's tea [G#]Whoa oh oh w[F#]hoa oh whoa oh [E]whoa The chord changes come fast and furious at the end, but thats about it.