The Tavern Telephone Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]I'v[A]e bee[D]n hangin' around this
[G]honky -tonk for [D]a l[G]ong, time
[Em]I kn[E]ow all about that cheatin' goin' on
[A]I'm in on every line
But [D]now I just attend my own business
Wish [G]others'd mind their [E]own
[A]I hear it all hangin' on this wall
I'm the tavern [D]telephone
Some drunk just hit me with a pool cue
[G]Said I took his[D] last dim[G]e
[Em]Yeah, [E]he just dialed the wrong number
Shoot, [A]wasn't no fault of mine
[D]And Big Jim over there
just stretched me out to the jukebox
[G]So Gail could hear her favorite [E]song
He [A]ain't got no respect
Hell, it his neck
On me, the tavern tele[D]phone
They [G]use me
And abuse me
All the [D]honky -tonk night long
[G]It's taken out on me
Lord, [D]it's tough to be
The [A]tavern [D]telephone
Well, I don't mind
Sweet Lucille droppin' in her time
[G]Uh -uh, she [E]just waits at the table
Don't drink at all that light [A]beer and wine
But now [D]there's old Harley
[A]and [D]he lives in here
[G]Always leavin' that cotton -pick
[A]in' tooth[E]brush at home
[A]When he gets a [E]few down,
he call[A]s every girl in town
On who? The tav[D]ern telephone
They [G]use me and abuse me
All a [D]honky -tonk night [G]long
Sure, it's taken out on me
[D]Lord, it's tough to be
the [A]tavern [D]telephone
Look, the next time [A]you're in
one of your local [D]watering holes,
[G]like this one,
and the woman gives you a call,
[Em]says she's [E]had enough,
and she's packing up,
look, [A]don't tear me off the wall,
just [D]think it over,
don't slam me down,
you're the reas[G]on she's [E]alone,
but [A]I know you'll forget,
start cussin' and kickin'
Me, the Tavern [D]Telephone
They [G]use me and abuse me
All [D]honky -tonk night long
[G]It's takin' out on poor old me
[D]Lord, it's tough to be
The Tavern [A]Telephone
[D]Yeah, now listen, some night
when you're out there
havin' a good [G]time,
and you wanna call some friends,
be a [E]little more careful
how you grab me or jerk me around,
you're [A]kinda sensitive too. But remember also,
you pull me [D]around enough,
and I'll quit hangin' here,
then how you gonna make those
football [G]bets?
Oops! [E]I was only kiddin' about that.
Ain't [A]no gamblin' here.
Only love I told
Hope my bell didn't hear that