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

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

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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