Elton John: "A Word in Spanish"

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Lyrics by Bernie Taupin and Music by Elton John

Intro: F Bb | Eb Bb  } 2 times

F
I don’t know why,
              Bb  Bbsus4 Bb
I just know I do,
Eb
I just can’t explain
        Dm       Bb/D   F    Fsus2
In this language that I use.

F
Something leaves me speechless,
                     Bb      Bbsus4 Bb
Each time that you approach.
     Eb
Each time you glide right through me
   Dm   Bb/D  F
As if I was a ghost.

                   Eb/Bb Bb
   If I only could tell you,
                     F/C C
   If you only would listen,
              Dm      Eb     F      G
   I’ve got a line or two to use on you,
              Eb      Bb/D         F
   I’ve got a romance we could christen.

Chorus:
  C/G                      Fm/G#
     And there’s a word in Spanish
     C#           Eb
     I don’t understand.
                         Dm75-
     But I heard it in a film
              G7/B          G#
     One time spoken by the leading man.
  C/G                  Fm/G#
     He said it with devotion,
        C#            Eb
     He sounded so sincere.
                               Dm75-
     And the words he spoke in Spanish
                 G7/B           G#
     Brought the female lead to tears.
  Bb           Cm       Bb G#
     A word in Spanish,
  Bb           Cm       Bb
     A word in Spanish.

   F
If you can’t comprehend,
              Bb
Read it in my eyes.
   Eb
If you don’t understand it’s love
Dm   Bb/D    F      Fsus2
In a thin disguise.

    F
And what it takes to move you,
                     Bb    Bbsus4 Bb
Each time that you resist,
   Eb
Is more than just a pretty face
   Dm         Bb/D F
To prove that I exist.

                   Eb/Bb Bb
   If I only could tell you,
                     F/C C
   If you only would listen,
              Dm      Eb     F      G
   I’ve got a line or two to use on you,
              Eb      Bb/D         F
   I’ve got a romance we could christen.

Chorus:
  C/G                      Fm/G#
     And there’s a word in Spanish
     C#           Eb
     I don’t understand.
                         Dm75-
     But I heard it in a film
              G7/B          G#
     One time spoken by the leading man.
  C/G                  Fm/G#
     He said it with devotion,
        C#            Eb
     He sounded so sincere.
                               Dm75-
     And the words he spoke in Spanish
                 G7/B           G#
     Brought the female lead to tears.
  Bb           Cm       Bb G#
     A word in Spanish,
  Bb           Cm
     A word in Spanish.

Bridge:
        Fm              Bb7
   When manners make no difference,
          Eb6
   And my gifts all lay undone.
     Fm
   I trade my accent in on chance
       D7              G
   And fall back on a foreign tongue.

Instrumental: C Fm/G# | C# Eb
              Eb Dm75- | G7/B G#

              G# Gsus4 | G# C#
              Eb | Dm75- G7/B

              G# G# G# Bb
              Cm Cm Cm Bb | G# Bb

Chorus:
    C                      Fm/G#
     And there’s a word in Spanish
     C#           Eb
     I don’t understand.
                         Dm75-
     But I heard it in a film
              G7/B   G7     G#
     One time spoken by the leading man.
  C/G                  Fm/G#
     He said it with devotion,
        C#            Eb
     He sounded so sincere.
                               Dm75-
     And the words he spoke in Spanish
                 G7/B           G#
     Brought the female lead to tears.
     Bb            Cm       Bb G#
     Oh, a word in Spanish,
          Bb             Cm       Bb G#
     Ooh, ooh, a word in Spanish.
   Bb                  Cm       Bb G#
     There’s a word in Spanish.
          Bb             Cm       Bb
     Ooh, ooh, a word in Spanish.

Instrumental: G# Bb
              Cm Cm Cm Bb  } 3 times
              G# …

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