Capo 5th fret ( chords relative to capo )
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
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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
