Riff x 2 with hand claps [E][E] E|-0---3b-0---3b--0--3b-0|
(drums in) [E] Riff x 2 and Yeah
[Verse 1] [A5] Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood [E] [E] Riff x 2 and yeah I [A5] move like a cat, charge like a ram Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your m [E] an [E] Riff x 2 and yeah Well, it's pl [A] ain to see you were m [B] eant for me, yeah [E] I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
[E] Riff x 2
[Verse 2] [A] Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood [E] [E] Riff x 2 and yeah [A5] Fly like a plane, drive like a car Ball like a hen, babe I wanna be your m [E] an - oh [E] Riff x 2 and yeah Well, it's pl [A] ain to see you were m [B] eant for me, yeah [E] I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
[Chorus] [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy
[Telefonics add another vamp in E here]
[Verse 3] [A5] Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood [E] [E] Riff x 2 and yeah I [A5] move like a cat, charge like a ram Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your m [E] an [E] Riff x 2 and yeah Well, it's pl [A] ain to see you were m [B] eant for me, yeah [E] I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
[Chorus] [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy
Am G F G E -8-7-5-7------5----5---5-7----7----7----13-12-10-12-10--10---10---10-8-7-8-0----0----0----- B -5-------5----5----5---6-8----8----8----10--------------10---10---0--------0----0----0----- G -5------------5----5---5-7----7----7----10--------------10---10---0--------0----0----0----- D -5------------5----5---7-9----9----9----10--------------10---10---0--------0----0----0----- A -0------------0----0---8-10---10---10---0---------------0----0----------------------------- E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 1] [A] Hello--how [Amaj7] are you? Have you [A7] been alright, through all those lonely, lonely, [Bbdim -xx2320] lonely, lonely ni [Bm] ghts, That's what I'd [E] say, [Bm] I'd tell you [C#m] everything [D] If you'd pic [E] k up that telep [Amaj7] hone. [Dmaj7] ya ya ya
[Verse 2] [A] Hey--how you [Amaj7] feelin' Are you [A7] still the same Don't you realize the things we did we [Bbdim] did were all for [Bm] real not a [E] dream [Bm] I just [C#m] can't believe [D] They've all fa [E] ded out of [Amaj7] view. Yeah [Dmaj7] Yeah ooh [Amaj7] ooh [Dmaj7] ooh [E] (drums build)
[Bridge] [A] Shoo wop [F#m] doo be doo doo wop [D] doo wah doo l [E] ang [A] Blue days [F#m] black nights [D] doo wah doo [E] lang
[A] I look in [F#m] to the sky [D] (The love you need ain't gonna [E] see you through.) [A] And I [F#m] wonder why [D] (The little things you planned ain't c [E] oming true.) [Chorus] [A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6 - 022120] twi - [Ddim - xx0101] light [A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6] twi - [Ddim] light [G][A]
[Synth Fill] [Am][G][F][G]
[Verse 3] [A] O.k. so no--one's [Amaj7] answering, Can't you [A7] just let it ring a little longer longer longer [Bbdim] oh wo wo [Bm] I'll just sit [E] tight, [Bm] through the shadows [C#m] of the night [D] Let it r [E] ing for ever [Amaj7] more. oh oh [Dmaj7] whoa ya ya [Amaj7] ya [Dmaj7][E]
[Chorus] [A] Shoo wop [F#m] doo be doo doo wop [D] doo wah doo l [E] ang [A] Blue days [F#m] black nights [D] doo wah doo l [E] ang
[A] I look in [F#m] to the sky [D] (The love you need ain't gonna [E] see you through.) [A] And I [F#m] wonder why [D] (The little things you planned ain't [E] coming true.)
[A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6] twi - [Ddim] light [A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6] twi - [Ddim] light [A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6] twi - [Ddim] light [A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6] twi - [Ddim] light
