Elephant

	 
    Em7  G6  A7sus4 Dsus2/F# 
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[Intro]
Em7 G6 A7sus4 x4
[Strophe]
         Em7           G6         
She said Andy you're better than your
 A7sus4 
 past, 
She said Andy you're better than your past, 
Em7              G6          A7sus4 
winked at me and drained her glass, 
      Em7           G6            
cross-legged on the barstool, like
 A7sus4         Em7   
 nobody sits anymore. 
 G6   A7sus4 
 
cross-legged on the barstool, like nobody sits anymore.  
         Em7         G6       
She said Andy you're taking me home,
 A7sus4 
 
She said Andy you're taking me home, 
      Em7      G6              
but I knew she planned to sleep
  A7sus4 
 alone. 
but I knew she planned to sleep alone. 
    Em7          G6      A7sus4      
I'd carry her to bed and sweep up the
               Em7    G6   A7sus4 
 hair from the floor
I'd carry her to bed and sweep up the hair from the floor
[Refrain]
         Cadd9             Dsus2 
If I had fucked her before she got
 sick 
If I had fucked her before she got sick 
    G6    Dsus2/F# Em7 
I'd never hear the end of it 
Cadd9              Dsus2          
she don't have the spirit for that
 Em7 
 now 
she don't have the spirit for that now 
   Cadd9                  Dsus2 
We drink these drinks and laugh out
 loud, 
We drink these drinks and laugh out loud, 
G6     Dsus2/F# Em7 
bitch about the weekend crowd, 
    Cadd9             Dsus2   
and try to ignore the elephant
     Em7    G6   A7sus4 
 somehow 
and try to ignore the elephant somehow 
    Em7    G6   A7sus4 
somehow  
Em7    G6   A7sus4 x2
[Strophe]
         Em7       G6      A7sus4 
She said Andy you crack me up, 
Em7              G6   A7sus4 
Seagram's in a coffee cup, 
      Em7           G6            
sharecropper eyes and her hair almost
 A7sus4         Em7    G6   A7sus4 
 all gone.  
sharecropper eyes and her hair almost all gone.  
             Em7         G6       
When she was drunk she made cancer
 A7sus4 
 jokes, 
When she was drunk she made cancer jokes, 
      Em7           G6       A7sus4 
she made up her own doctor's notes, 
    Em7          G6      A7sus4     
surrounded by her family, I saw that
                Em7    G6   A7sus4 
 she was dying alone.
surrounded by her family, I saw that she was dying alone.
[Refrain]
    Cadd9            Dsus2 
I'd sing her classic country songs 
    G6        Dsus2/F# Em7 
and she'd get high and sing along. 
Cadd9               Dsus2        
She don't have much voice to sing
      Em7 
 with now 
She don't have much voice to sing with now 
Cadd9                     Dsus2 
We'd burn these joints in effigy, 
G6    Dsus2/F#    Em7 
cry about what we used to be, 
Cadd9                 Dsus2   
and try to ignore the elephant
 Em7       G6   A7sus4 
 somehow. 
and try to ignore the elephant somehow. 
    Em7    G6   A7sus4 
Somehow
[Refrain]
  Cadd9        Dsus2 
I buried her a thousand times, 
 G6         Dsus2/F# Em7 
given up my place in line, 
Cadd9              Dsus2          
but I don't give a damn about that
 Em7 
 now 
but I don't give a damn about that now 
        Cadd9                 Dsus2
There's one thing that's real clear
 
 to me, 
There's one thing that's real clear to me, 
 G6    Dsus2/F#  Em7 
no one dies with dignity. 
Cadd9                      Dsus2  
We just try to ignore the elephant
 Em7    G6   A7sus4 
 somehow. 
We just try to ignore the elephant somehow. 
Cadd9                      Dsus2  
We just try to ignore the elephant
 Em7    G6   A7sus4 
 somehow. 
We just try to ignore the elephant somehow. 
Cadd9                      Dsus2  
We just try to ignore the elephant
 Em7    G6   A7sus4 
 somehow. 
We just try to ignore the elephant somehow. 
Somehow. 
    Em7    G6   A7sus4 
Somehow.