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 D5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 E5 E5 C5 D5 G5 A5 A5 E5 D5 G5 C5 G5 E5 E5 C5 D5 G5 A5 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
