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INTRO    Bm7   C#m7(4x)
The Bm7elephants left through a C#m7hole in the wall 
And it Bm7can't be right to C#m7pretend that it all didn't happen Am9  D9  Gm9  C9  
'Cause it did Bm9  C#m7  
Bm7She turned away and C#m7nobody spoke 
Of the Bm7china and windows the C#m7elephants broke 
Just silenceAm9  D9  Gm9  C9  
and that's it Bm9  C#m7  
Em7And it seems that we F#m7both forgot 
Em9We try to be something F#m9we are not 
Em7But tonight we were sF#m7hown the truth 
'Cause Gmaj7that's what elephants F#/A#do 
                        Bm7   C#m7(4x)
Oh, we're so mistaken 
We Bm7cover the mess C#m7with small talk 
And we Bm7can't even see it's our C#m7own heart that is breaking Am9  D9  Gm9  C9  
Breaking the rules Bm7  C#m7  
The Bm7elephants will come C#m7back 
And they sure don't Bm7like to be ignorC#m7ed like they have been before Am9  D9  Gm9  C9  
Like a bunch of fools Bm7  C#m7  
Em7And it seems that we F#m7both forgot 
Em9We try to be something F#m9we are not 
Em7But if we can't F#m7live with the truth 
The Gmaj7elephants cannot live F#/A#too 
                         F#m7   Gmaj7   Em11(4x)
And elephants die alone 
PIANO INTERLUDE    Bm7      C#m7   C#m7   Cm7(3x)   Bm7  
Em7So let us start to reF#m7member
Em7All the things that we F#m7want to do 
Em7We should just skip the F#m7food over candlelight 
Gmaj7I know I want to crush all the Bmaj7tables with you 
C#m7I want to dance just like eG#m7lephants do 
Gmaj7I want to wreck everything 
That I Bmaj7once held for a place that is D7home
Gmaj7Now I know that it's Ayou that is home
Bm7 C#m7

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Elephants

by Ruben Hein

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

C#m7

Am9

Gm9

Bm9

Em7

F#m7

Em9

F#m9

Gmaj7

F#/A#

Em11

Cm7

Bmaj7

G#m7

Bm7 C#m7

INTRO (4x)

Bm7 C#m7

The elephants left through a hole in the wall

Bm7 C#m7 Am9 D9 Gm9 C9

And it can't be right to pretend that it all didn't happen

Bm9 C#m7

'Cause it did

Bm7 C#m7

She turned away and nobody spoke

Bm7 C#m7

Of the china and windows the elephants broke

Am9 D9 Gm9 C9

Just silence

Bm9 C#m7

and that's it

Em7 F#m7

And it seems that we both forgot

Em9 F#m9

We try to be something we are not

Em7 F#m7

But tonight we were shown the truth

Gmaj7 F#/A#

'Cause that's what elephants do

Bm7 C#m7

(4x)

Oh, we're so mistaken

Bm7 C#m7

We cover the mess with small talk

Bm7 C#m7 Am9 D9 Gm9 C9

And we can't even see it's our own heart that is breaking

Bm7 C#m7

Breaking the rules

Bm7 C#m7

The elephants will come back

Bm7 C#m7 Am9 D9 Gm9 C9

And they sure don't like to be ignored like they have been before

Bm7 C#m7

Like a bunch of fools

Em7 F#m7

And it seems that we both forgot

Em9 F#m9

We try to be something we are not

Em7 F#m7

But if we can't live with the truth

Gmaj7 F#/A#

The elephants cannot live too

F#m7 Gmaj7 Em11

(4x)

And elephants die alone

Bm7 C#m7 C#m7 Cm7 Bm7

PIANO INTERLUDE (3x)

Em7 F#m7

So let us start to remember

Em7 F#m7

All the things that we want to do

Em7 F#m7

We should just skip the food over candlelight

Gmaj7 Bmaj7

I know I want to crush all the tables with you

C#m7 G#m7

I want to dance just like elephants do

Gmaj7

I want to wreck everything

Bmaj7 D7

That I once held for a place that is home

Gmaj7 A

Now I know that it's you that is home

Bm7 C#m7

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