The Elephant Ride (Difford/Tilbrook)

  Am               A      Am   A
Today is none of our concern

  Am               A      Am   A
Today is none of our concern

  Am               A      Am   A
Today is none of our concern

  A
That rewarding cigarette

     F#m                Dm     A
That burns slowly by the bed


Fills the room with mystery

     F#m         F
The apple ripens on the tree

     C#m               Bm (7th Fret)  (or A high E)
That protected seal of love

       G#m             Bm (2nd Fret)
Broken by the flame of fun

      A            Am
Lying back with Exodus

                      A
In the arms of lovers trust

  Am               A      Am   A
Today is none of our concern

  Am               A      Am   A
Today is none of our concern


E             E7
That romantic dance of light

         A              E
From the curtain broken night

                 E7
Shadows fall on mystery

A                F
Love has ripened here for me

         C#m         Bm (7th Fret)  (or A high E)
Stubbing out the cigarette

          G#m                Bm (2nd Fret)
I see the clothes beside the bed

  A                      Am
As the half light of the day

                         A
Pulls the sheet up once again

  Am               A      Am   A
Today is none of our concern

  Am               A      Am   A
Today is none of our concern


E
As the phone hangs by the cord

       Am               E
As the streets begin to fill


There's no distance anymore

           F#m              Dm
There's no wanting when you will

         C#m                  Bm (7th Fret)  (or high E)
We'll be sleeping through the day

        G#m             Bm (2nd Fret)
As the world around us turns

       A                  Am
As the phone hangs by the cord

                 A        Am   A
Today is none of our concern

                 A        Am   A
Today is none of our concern

                 A        Am   A
Today is none of our concern

   E
Today.