Telephone Line

Intro: 0:13
Am | G | F | Am

Verse 1: 0:27
     A      Amaj7
"Hello, how are you?
          A7
Have you been alright
                   A7
Through all those lonely,
             A#dim
Lonely, lonely,
                Bm
Lonely, lonely nights?"
0:42
                 E
That's what I'd say,
Bm             C#m
  I'd tell you ev'rything
D               E             Amaj7
  If you'd pick up that telephone.
       Dmaj7
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Verse 2: 0:58
 A            Amaj7
Hey, how you feelin'?
          A7
Are you still the same,
           A7
Don't you realize the things
           A#dim
We did we did
              Bm
Were all for real,
1:13
        E
Not a dream.
Bm        C#m
  I just can't believe
D              E            Amaj7
  They've all faded out of view.
             Dmaj7
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Amaj7   Dmaj7     D/E
  Ooo - ooo - ooo.

Pre-chorus: 1:34
A              F#m
  Doo da wop, doo bee doo da wop,
D              E
  Doo wah doo lang.
A           F#m
  Blue days,    black nights,
D              E
  Doo wah doo lang.
1:48
A           F#m
  I look into the sky,
D
  The love you need ain't
       E
Gonna see you through.
1:55
A        F#m
  And I wonder why
D
  The little things you planned
       E
Ain't comin' true.

Chorus: 2:02
A             A/G# F#m
Oh, oh, telephone line,
         F#m/E D
Give me some  time,
               E7 Fdim
I'm living in twilight.
2:15
A             A/G# F#m
Oh, oh, telephone line,
         F#m/E D
Give me some  time,
               E7 Fdim
I'm living in twilight.

Instrumental: 2:29
A | Am | G | F | Am

Verse 3: 2:45
A                   Amaj7
  Okay, so no one's answering,
                 A7
Well, can't you just let it ring
          A7
A little longer, longer,
        A#dim
Longer, oh,
      Bm
Wo wo.
2:59
               E
I'll just sit tight,
Bm                    C#m
  Through the shadows of the night
D         E            Amaj7
  Let it ring forever more,
        Dmaj7
Oh hoh hoh hoh.
             Amaj7 | Dmaj7 D/E
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Pre-chorus: 3:21
A              F#m
  Doo da wop, doo bee doo da wop,
D              E
  Doo wah doo lang.
A           F#m
  Blue days,    black nights,
D              E
  Doo wah doo lang.
3:34
A           F#m
  I look into the sky,
D
  The love you need ain't
       E
Gonna see you through.
3:41
A        F#m
  And I wonder why
D
  The little things you planned
       E
Ain't comin' true.

Chorus: 3:47
A             A/G# F#m
Oh, oh, telephone line,
         F#m/E D
Give me some  time,
               E7 Fdim
I'm living in twilight.
4:01
A             A/G# F#m
Oh, oh, telephone line,
         F#m/E D
Give me some  time,
               E7 Fdim
I'm living in twilight.

Chorus: 4:14
A             A/G# F#m
Oh, oh, telephone line,
         F#m/E D
Give me some  time,
               E7 Fdim
I'm living in twilight.
4:27
A             A/G# F#m
Oh, oh, telephone line,
         F#m/E D
Give me some  time,
               E7 Fdim
I'm living in twilight...