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[Intro]
E B7 E B7
[Verse 1]
When she Easked me to dance I said, "No no I have two left B7feet."
And the she took my hand and whispered a song so Esweet
And she saidA, "Hold me as close as you can 'til my bodies oEn fire.C#m"
It's just a Evertical expression of B7horizontal dEesire.B7  E  B7  
[Verse 2]
So we moEved like water bein' poured over polished B7steel
And I really can't translate the way she made me Efeel
And the Amusic played on and the mercury just went EhigherC#m  
It's just a Evertical expression of B7horizontal dEesire.B7  E  B7  
[Bridge]
We did the Asamba, the mambo , the tango, the two-step while we Eromanced
And when the Amusic got fast we just held to each other and Bslow danced.B7  
[Instrumental]
E  E  B7  B7
B7  B7  E  E
A  A  E  C#m
E  B7  E  B7  E  B7
[Verse 3]
I took Enothing for granted but I wished I could stay all B7night
And as we walked in to her place she reached out to Edim the light
She said, "ADance with me darlin' 'til the moon and the stars rEetire."C#m  
It's just a Evertical expression of B7horizontal dEesire.B7  
It's just a Evertical expression of B7horizontal dEesire.
[Outro]
B7 E B7 E

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Vertical Expression

by Bellamy Brothers

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Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

[Intro]

E B7 E B7

[Verse 1]

E B7

When she asked me to dance I said, "No no I have two left feet."

And the she took my hand and whispered a song so sweet

A E C#m

And she said, "Hold me as close as you can 'til my bodies on fire."

E B7 E B7 E B7

It's just a vertical expression of horizontal desire.

[Verse 2]

E B7

So we moved like water bein' poured over polished steel

And I really can't translate the way she made me feel

A E C#m

And the music played on and the mercury just went higher

E B7 E B7 E B7

It's just a vertical expression of horizontal desire.

[Bridge]

A E

We did the samba, the mambo , the tango, the two-step while we romanced

A B B7

And when the music got fast we just held to each other and slow danced.

[Instrumental]

E E B7 B7

B7 B7 E E

A A E C#m

E B7 E B7 E B7

[Verse 3]

E B7

I took nothing for granted but I wished I could stay all night

And as we walked in to her place she reached out to dim the light

A E C#m

She said, "Dance with me darlin' 'til the moon and the stars retire."

E B7 E B7

It's just a vertical expression of horizontal desire.

E B7 E

It's just a vertical expression of horizontal desire.

[Outro]

B7 E B7 E

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