Elton John — A Word in Spanish (D) | printer-friendly version

Elton John: "A Word in Spanish"
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© Chorded by Mikhail Ocheret // specialist (https://Muzland.info)
» Ordered by Vladimir Rumyantsev
± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 145 beats per minute
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin and Music by Elton John
Intro: A D | G D  } 2 times

A
I don’t know why,
              D   Dsus₄ D
I just know I do,
G
I just can’t explain
        F#m      D/F#   A    Asus₂
In this language that I use.

A
Something leaves me speechless,
                     D       Dsus₄ D
Each time that you approach.
     G
Each time you glide right through me
   F#m  D/F#  A
As if I was a ghost.

                   G/D  D
   If I only could tell you,
                     A/E E
   If you only would listen,
              F#m     G      A      B
   I’ve got a line or two to use on you,
              G       D/F#         A
   I’ve got a romance we could christen.

Chorus:
  E/B                      Am/C
     And there’s a word in Spanish
     F            G
     I don’t understand.
                         F#m₇^5-
     But I heard it in a film
              B₇/Eb         C
     One time spoken by the leading man.
  E/B                  Am/C
     He said it with devotion,
        F             G
     He sounded so sincere.
                               F#m₇^5-
     And the words he spoke in Spanish
                 B₇/Eb          C
     Brought the female lead to tears.
  D            Em       D C
     A word in Spanish,
  D            Em       D
     A word in Spanish.

   A
If you can’t comprehend,
              D
Read it in my eyes.
   G
If you don’t understand it’s love
F#m  D/F#    A      Asus₂
In a thin disguise.

    A
And what it takes to move you,
                     D     Dsus₄ D
Each time that you resist,
   G
Is more than just a pretty face
   F#m        D/F# A
To prove that I exist.

                   G/D  D
   If I only could tell you,
                     A/E E
   If you only would listen,
              F#m     G      A      B
   I’ve got a line or two to use on you,
              G       D/F#         A
   I’ve got a romance we could christen.

Chorus:
  E/B                      Am/C
     And there’s a word in Spanish
     F            G
     I don’t understand.
                         F#m₇^5-
     But I heard it in a film
              B₇/Eb         C
     One time spoken by the leading man.
  E/B                  Am/C
     He said it with devotion,
        F             G
     He sounded so sincere.
                               F#m₇^5-
     And the words he spoke in Spanish
                 B₇/Eb          C
     Brought the female lead to tears.
  D            Em       D C
     A word in Spanish,
  D            Em
     A word in Spanish.

Bridge:
        Am              D₇
   When manners make no difference,
          G₆
   And my gifts all lay undone.
     Am
   I trade my accent in on chance
       F#₇             B
   And fall back on a foreign tongue.

Instrumental: E Am/C | F G
              G F#m₇^5- | B₇/Eb C

              C Bsus₄ | C F
              G | F#m₇^5- B₇/Eb

              C C C D
              Em Em Em D | C D

Chorus:
    E                      Am/C
     And there’s a word in Spanish
     F            G
     I don’t understand.
                         F#m₇^5-
     But I heard it in a film
              B₇/Eb  B₇     C
     One time spoken by the leading man.
  E/B                  Am/C
     He said it with devotion,
        F             G
     He sounded so sincere.
                               F#m₇^5-
     And the words he spoke in Spanish
                 B₇/Eb          C
     Brought the female lead to tears.
     D             Em       D C
     Oh, a word in Spanish,
          D              Em       D C
     Ooh, ooh, a word in Spanish.
   D                   Em       D C
     There’s a word in Spanish.
          D              Em       D
     Ooh, ooh, a word in Spanish.

Instrumental: C D
              Em Em Em D  } 3 times
              C …
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