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St Elmos Fire

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[Verse]
When I Gm7start to Am7care
Then I Gm7find there is Dm7no one there
But I tGm7hink of yAm7ou
And I kGm7now, we aDm7re something new
[Chorus]
We get Gm7higher and Am7higher
Crazy bGm7lue Like StAm7. Elmo's Fire
Loves sGm7o sharp and Am7flat
That it's Gm7hard to know Am7just where your at
Now I know I Dm7want you
I want you to be my wGm7oman
Now I know I Dm7want you
I want you to be my wGm7oman
[Verse]
Got the Gm7Werewolf spAm7lit
When the Gm7moon's full I Dm7howl at it
But it's Gm7mostly fAm7ake
I'm in lGm7ove, with the Dm7love we make
[Chorus]
We get Gm7higher and Am7higher
Crazy bGm7lue Like StAm7. Elmo's Fire
Loves sGm7o sharp and Am7flat
That it's Gm7hard to know Am7just where your at
Now I know I Dm7want you
I want you to be my wGm7oman
Now I know I Dm7want you
I want you to be my wGm7oman
[Verse]
When my Gm7son's full gAm7rown
And he Gm7blows mean xDm7ylophone
You and Gm7I stay tAm7an
In the Gm7sun down in YucaDm7tan
[Chorus]
We get Gm7higher and Am7higher
Crazy bGm7lue Like StAm7. Elmo's Fire
Loves sGm7o sharp and Am7flat
That it's Gm7hard to know Am7just where your at
Now I know I Dm7want you
I want you to be my wGm7oman
Now I know I Dm7want you
I want you to be my wGm7oman
[Verse]
When I sGm7tart to cAm7are
Then I Gm7find there is Dm7no one there
But I tGm7hink of yAm7ou
And I kGm7now, we are sDm7omething new
[Chorus]
We get Gm7higher and Am7higher
Crazy bGm7lue Like StAm7. Elmo's Fire
Loves sGm7o sharp and Am7flat
That it's Gm7hard to know Am7just where your at
Now I know I Dm7want you
I want you to be my wGm7oman
Now I know I Dm7want you
I want you to be my wGm7oman

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St Elmos Fire

by Michael Franks

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gm7

Am7

Dm7

[Verse]

Gm7 Am7

When I start to care

Gm7 Dm7

Then I find there is no one there

Gm7 Am7

But I think of you

Gm7 Dm7

And I know, we are something new

[Chorus]

Gm7 Am7

We get higher and higher

Gm7 Am7

Crazy blue Like St. Elmo's Fire

Gm7 Am7

Loves so sharp and flat

Gm7 Am7

That it's hard to know just where your at

Dm7

Now I know I want you

Gm7

I want you to be my woman

Dm7

Now I know I want you

Gm7

I want you to be my woman

[Verse]

Gm7 Am7

Got the Werewolf split

Gm7 Dm7

When the moon's full I howl at it

Gm7 Am7

But it's mostly fake

Gm7 Dm7

I'm in love, with the love we make

[Chorus]

Gm7 Am7

We get higher and higher

Gm7 Am7

Crazy blue Like St. Elmo's Fire

Gm7 Am7

Loves so sharp and flat

Gm7 Am7

That it's hard to know just where your at

Dm7

Now I know I want you

Gm7

I want you to be my woman

Dm7

Now I know I want you

Gm7

I want you to be my woman

[Verse]

Gm7 Am7

When my son's full grown

Gm7 Dm7

And he blows mean xylophone

Gm7 Am7

You and I stay tan

Gm7 Dm7

In the sun down in Yucatan

[Chorus]

Gm7 Am7

We get higher and higher

Gm7 Am7

Crazy blue Like St. Elmo's Fire

Gm7 Am7

Loves so sharp and flat

Gm7 Am7

That it's hard to know just where your at

Dm7

Now I know I want you

Gm7

I want you to be my woman

Dm7

Now I know I want you

Gm7

I want you to be my woman

[Verse]

Gm7 Am7

When I start to care

Gm7 Dm7

Then I find there is no one there

Gm7 Am7

But I think of you

Gm7 Dm7

And I know, we are something new

[Chorus]

Gm7 Am7

We get higher and higher

Gm7 Am7

Crazy blue Like St. Elmo's Fire

Gm7 Am7

Loves so sharp and flat

Gm7 Am7

That it's hard to know just where your at

Dm7

Now I know I want you

Gm7

I want you to be my woman

Dm7

Now I know I want you

Gm7

I want you to be my woman

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