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Capo 5th fret 
 
G5  C5  G5  E5  E5 
 
           G5                              C5      G5 
On a warm night in March on a dark disco floor 
      E5 
I danced up a storm like I'd never before 
            C5                  D5         G5 
Every step in the book and then some that weren't listed 
A5                                        E5             D5 
For a song or two I felt nothing else existed 
 

G5                              C5         G5 
Now if a dream curled at your feet you'd take it home and name it 
          E5 
I'm struggling now to find something to blame it on 
C5             D5              G5 
Strobing effects or perhaps it was that dress 
A5                                         E5            D5 
But my eye was captured by a beautiful actress 
 

            G5            C5            G5 
Now the minutiae's still my memory writ large 
E5  
As she danced nearer me with her coy entourage 
C5                  D5                  G5 
She tugged at the scarf round her neck it came loose 
A5                                 C5               G5            G5 
She flung it and hung it from the disc jockey's booth 
 

         C5            D5        E5               C5 
But before I continue one moments reprieve 
C5                              G5  
I grant you dear audience a chance to leave 
      C5            D5             E5        C5 
For my tale never ends in that it never started 
C5                                              D5  
When the house lights came on I'd already departed 
 

G5                                     C5            G5 
No not one word was spoken nor a glance exchanged  
            E5 
When the sun rose next morning the world hadn't changed 
      C5            D5            G5  
See we only touched elbows is the plain naked truth 
A5                              C5           G5                   G5 
And I can't even back up my story with proof 
 

G5                              C5            G5 
We only touched elbows, felt our bones clunk together 
E5 
Then the moment was over in a falling feather 
C5            D5            G5 
An accident sure but it happened I'll wrangle 
A5                              E5                  E5        E5               D5 
Our elbows did touch our arms at right angles 
 

            G5                  C5            G5 
Now there's naught the nosey observer could've guessed 
 E5 
But the rock and roll drummer inside of my chest 
C5                  D5                       G5  
Everyone's seen her films and I'll whisper her name 
      A5                        C5               G5 
That we only touched elbows is not such a shame 
 

               C5            D5            E5              C5 
For the world's getting crowded and I can't see a lapse 
C5                                    G5 
It's not about leaving spaces but filling the gaps 
             C5            D5           E5            C5 
We're all bumping and knocking strangers all the time 
C5                                             D5 
Sometimes we don't notice, mostly we don't mind 
 

G5                  C5            G5 
A foot brushes your ankle on a peak hour bus 
         E5 
Someone's hand on the small of your back as they pass 
C5           D5               G5 
A shopkeepers fingers while handing you change 
 A5                                              E5                  D5 
Can lightly brush yours without feeling too strange  
 

            G5                  C5      G5 
But why I felt so alive I can't quite determine 
E5 
There could be a word to explain it in German 
      C5            D5        G5 
Some take others home waking up to regret it 
A5                                    E5         
We only touched elbows and I'll never forget it 
 

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A5   A5    E5     D5 

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E5  E5 
 
            G5            C5            G5 
Now the innocent DJ still spins his black moons 
E5                                    E5 
And keeps us all moving with his faithful tunes 
C5             D5                  G5 
And the lights nod in synch, they're mechanically powered 
A5                                   C5            G5 
We only touched elbows and I still haven't showered
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