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Telephone Line Chords

Music by: Electric Light Orchestra · 1976
Genre Rock Tone A minor BPM 70 Views 1478
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[Intro 1]
[Am][G][F][G]

[Verse 1]
[A]Hello, how are you?
Have you [A]been alright through all those
lonely, lonely, [F#]lonely, lonely, lonely [Bm]nights?
That's what I'd [E]say, [Bm]I'd tell you ever[C#m]ything
[D]If you pick up [E]that telepho[A]ne[D]

[Verse 2]
[A]Hey, how you feelin'?
Are you [A]still the same,
don't you realize
the things we did, we [F#]did
Were all [Bm]for real, not a d[E]ream?
[Bm]I just can't[C#m] believe
[D]they've all fad[E]ed out of vie[A]w
Yeah, yeah, [D]yeah, yeah,
[A]ooh[D][E]

[Pre-chorus 1]
[A]Doo-wop, do-[F#m]be-do-do-wop
[D]Doo-wa-doo- lan[E]g
[A]Blue day[F#m]s, black nights
[D]Doo-wa-doo- lan[E]g
[A]I look into [F#m]the sky
[D](the love you need ain't gonna
[E]see you through)
[A]And I won[F#m]der why
[D](the little things you planned
ain't [E]comin' true)

[Chorus 1]
[A]Oh, oh, telephone [F#m]line,
give me [E]some [D]time,
I'm living in [E]twi- light
[A]Oh, oh, telephone [F#m]line,
give me [E]some [D]time,
I'm living in [E]twi- light
[G][A]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][G][F][G]

[Verse 3]
[A]Okay, so no one's answering
Well, can't you [A]just let it ring a little
longer, longer, longer?
[F#]Oh, [Bm]I'll just sit tight[E]
[Bm]Through shadows of t[C#m]he night
[D]Let it rin[E]g forever mor[A]e, oh[D]
[A][D][E]

[Pre-chorus 2]
[A]Doo-wop, do-[F#m]be-do-do-wop
[D]Doo-wa-doo- lan[E]g
[A]Blue day[F#m]s, black nights
[D]Doo-wa-doo- lan[E]g
[A]I look into [F#m]the sky
[D](the love you need ain't gonna
[E]see you through)
[A]And I won[F#m]der why
[D](the little things you planned
ain't [E]comin' true)

[Chorus 2]
[A]Oh, oh, telephone [F#m]line,
give me [E]some [D]time,
I'm living in [E]twi- light
[A]Oh, oh, telephone [F#m]line,
give me [E]some [D]time,
I'm living in [E]twi- light

[Chorus 3]
[A]Oh, oh, telephone [F#m]line,
give me [E]some [D]time,
I'm living in [E]twi- light
[A]Oh, oh, telephone [F#m]line,
give me [E]some [D]time,
I'm living in [E]twi- light
[Fade out]
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