
A Word In Spanish
Elton John
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Tom : C
Tom :D
Intro: D G - C G - D G - C G
D
i dont know why
G
i just know i do
C
i just cant explain
Bm D
in this language that i use
D
something leaves me speechless
G
each time that you approach
C
each time you glide right trough me
Bm D
as if i was a ghost
D G
if i only could tell you
G A
if you only would listen
Bm C D E
ive got a line or two to use on you
C G/B D
i got a romance we could chirsten
A/E Dm/F
and theres a word in spanish
Bb C
i dont understand
Bm7/b5
but i heard it in a film one time
E/G# F
spoken by the leading man
A/E Dm/F
he said it with devotion
Bb C
he sounded so sincere
Bm7/b5
and the words he spoke in spanish
E/G# F
brought the female lead to tears
G A G F
a word in spanish
G A G
a word in spanish
if you cant comprehend
or read it in my eyes
if you dont understand this love
in a thin disguise
and what it takes to move you
each time that you resist
is more than just a pretty face
to prove that i exist
Dm G
when manners make no difference
C6
and my gifts all lay undone
Dm
i trade my accent in on chance
B7 E
and fall back on a foreign tounge
break
A Dm/F Bb C Bm7/b5 E/G# F E F Bb C Bm7/b5 E/G# F G Am G F G
to chorus
outro
G Am G
theres a word in spanish
F G Am
(repeat and fade)
ohh ohh a word in spanish
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