ELO-Telephone Line - BPM - 72
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[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