Elbows

[G]  [C]  [G]  [Em]  [Em]

On a warm n[G]ight in March on a da[C]rk disco[G] floor
I danc[Em]ed up a storm like I’d never before
Every step i[C]n the book and then [D]some that w[G]eren’t listed
[Am]For a song or two I felt nothing else exi[Em]sted           [D]

[G]Now if a dream curled at your feet you’d[C] take it[G] home and name it
I’m strugg[Em]ling now to find something to blame it on
[C]Strobing effect[D]s or perhaps it was[G] that dress
[Am]But my eye was captured by a beautiful a[Em]ctress          [D]

Now the minutiae[G]’s still my memo[C]ry writ large   [G]
[Em]As she danced nearer me with her coy entourage
[C]She tugged at the scarf [D]round her neck it came l[G]oose
[Am]She flung it and hung it from the d[C]isc jockey’s [G]booth           [G]

But be[C]fore I con[D]tinue one [Em]moments re[C]prieve
[C]I grant you dear audience a chance to le[G]ave
For my t[C]ale never e[D]nds in that [Em]it never st[C]arted
[C]When the house lights came on I’d alread[D]y departed

[G]No not one word was spoken nor a gl[C]ance [G]exchanged
When the[Em] sun rose next morning the world hadn’t changed
See we o[C]nly touched elbo[D]ws is the pl[G]ain naked truth
[Am]And I can’t even back up my st[C]ory with pr[G]oof                    [G]

[Gm]We only touched elbows, felt our b[C]ones clunk tog[G]ether
[Em]Then the moment was over in a falling feather
[C]An accident su[D]re but it [G]happened I’ll wrangle
[Am]Our elbows did touch our arms at right a[Em]ngles   [Em]        [Em]            [D]

Now there’s naug[G]ht the nosey observer co[C]uld’ve g[G]uessed
B[Em]ut the rock and roll drummer inside of my chest
[C]Everyone’s seen her film[D]s and I’ll whisper her na[G]me
That we [Am]only touched elbows is n[C]ot such a sh[G]ame

For the w[C]orld’s getting [D]crowded and I ca[Em]n’t see a [C]lapse
[C]It’s not about leaving spaces but filling the ga[G]ps
We’re all bu[C]mping and k[D]nocking strang[Em]ers all the[C] time
[C]Sometimes we don’t notice, mostly we don’t m[D]ind

[G]A foot brushes your ankle on a [C]peak hour[G] bus
Someone’s[Em] hand on the small of your back as they pass
[C]A shopkeepers[D] fingers while[G] handing you change
C[Am]an lightly brush yours without feeling too st[Em]range                [D]

But why I fe[G]lt so alive I can’t [C]quite de[G]termine
[Em]There could be a word to explain it in German
Some t[C]ake others[D] home waki[G]ng up to regret it
[Am]We only touched elbows and I’ll never forget it [Em]

[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]

Now the [G]innocent DJ still sp[C]ins his blac[G]k moons
[Em]And keeps us all moving with his faithful tunes [Em]
[C]And the lights [D]nod in synch, they’re mec[G]hanically powered
[Am]We only touched elbows and I s[C]till haven’t    [G]