Squeeze - Elephant Girl guitar chord
ELEPHANT GIRL - SQUEEZE
Written by Chirs Difford and Glenn Tilbrook
B-side to 'When The Hangover Strikes' (A&M AMS 8237, 1982)
Lyrics transcribed by Heidi L. Sackerson, Andrea D'Aquino, Michele Kinnamon, Anonymous, Erik Novales.
Chords transcribed by Shaun Hand (heliocentric@breathe.com)
Chords used:
D: xx0232 F: 133211 Bm: x24432
G: 320033 C: x32010 Bb: x1333x
A: x02220 F#: 244322
Em: 022000 E: 022100
G#m: 466444 Am: x02210
D G A Em (x4) D
G A Em D
She?s interested in me
G A Em Bm
I?m interested in her
A G#m
But there?s a distance
G F
Each morning as she walks
C F C
Our eyes exchange a thought
F# E D
Our hearts, an interest
G A Em D
I?ve seen her at the club
G A Em Bm
Expanding with the funk
A G#m
She looks so brilliant
G F
She sticks close to her friends
C F C
And when the music ends
F# E
She is the Indian
E A E A
I?d like to meet the Elephant Girl
E A E A
I feel we know each other so well
G Bm A Bb
From eyes that meet the love they seek
Am
Interested to get close to you (elephant girl)
Em G
Interested to get close to you (elephant girl)
D G A Em (x2) D
G A Em D
I?m interested to meet
G A Em Bm
The girl that looks at me
A G#m
I will be trying
G F
Her colour unlike mine
C F C
Her hair the plaited vine
F# E D
I will be climbing
G A Em D
My leg is always pulled
G A Em Bm
By friends who really would
A G#m
But say they wouldn?t
G F
The joke?s against my heart
C F C
Immediately she's barred
F# E
Their hearts are wooden
E A E A
I?d like to meet the elephant girl
E A E A
I feel we know each other so well
D Bm G Bb
From eyes that meet the love they seek
Am
Interested to get close to you (elephant girl)
Em G
Interested to get close to you (elephant girl)
D (tacet) D
G A Em D
I?m interested in her
G A Em Bm
She?s interested in me
A G#m
Her distance shortens
G F
She walks towards the light
C F C
I walk towards the lines
F# E D
That seem important
G A Em D
I?m counting up to ten
G A Em Bm
By five she's gone again
A G#m
Into the distance
G F
I'll try again to nudge my
C F C
Courage for the love
F# E
Without resistance
E A E A
I?d like to meet the elephant girl
E A E A
I feel we know each other so well
D Bm G Bb
From eyes that meet the love they seek
Am
Interested to get close to you (elephant girl)
Em G
Interested to get close to you (elephant girl)
Bm D
Interested to get close to you (elephant girl)
Bm Bb
Interested to get close to you (elephant girl) (x5 and fade)
