Electric Light Orchestra – Telephone Line (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
ELO - Telephone Line
Composed by: Jeff Lynne
Chord Definitions:
Chords defined with * are played as bar chords.
All other chords in the positions as shown in definitions below.
A - X 0 2 2 2 0
Am - X 0 2 2 1 0
Amaj7 - X 0 2 1 2 0
A7 - X 0 2 0 2 0
Bm - 2 2 4 4 3 2
Bbdim - X X 2 3 2 0
C#m - 4 4 6 6 5 4
D - X X 0 2 3 2
Dmaj7 - X 0 0 2 2 2
Ddim - X X 0 1 0 1
E - 0 2 2 1 0 0
E6 - 0 2 2 1 2 0
F#m - 2 4 4 2 2 2
[Intro]
Synth Telephone Sound
|Am |G |F |G Am | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[Verse 1]
A Amaj7 Hello--how are you? A7 Bbdim Bm Have you been alright, through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights, E Bm C#m That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything D E Amaj7 Dmaj7 E If you'd pick up that telephone, ya ya ya
[Verse 2]
A Amaj7 Hey--how you feelin' A7 Are you still the same Bbdim Bm E Don't you realise the things we did we did were all for real not a dream Bm C#m I just can't believe D E Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 E They've all faded out of view. Yeah yeah, ooh ooh ooh
[Bridge]
A F#m D E6 E Shoo wop doo be doo doo wop doo wah doo la - ang A F#m D E6 E Blue days black nights doo wah doo la - ang A F#m I look into the sky D E6 E (The love you need ain't gonna see you through) A F#m And I wonder why D E6 E (The little things you planned ain't coming true)
[Chorus]
A F#m D E6 Ddim Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light A F#m D E6 Ddim G* A* Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light
[Synth Fill]
|Am |G |F |G Am | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[Verse 3]
A Amaj7 Okay, so no one's answering, A7 Bbdim Can't you just let it ring a little longer longer longer oh, wo wo Bm E Bm C#m I'll just sit tight, through the shadows of the night D E Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 E Let it ring for evermore. Oh oh, whoa, ya ya ya
[Chorus]
A F#m D E6 E Shoo wop doo be doo doo wop, doo wah doo la - ang A F#m D E6 E Blue days, black nights, doo wah doo la - ang A F#m I look into the sky D E6 E (The love you need ain't gonna see you through) A F#m And I wonder why D E6 E (The little things you planned ain't coming true) A F#m D E6 Ddim Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light A F#m D E6 Ddim Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light A F#m D E6 Ddim Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light A F#m D E6 Ddim Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light
(Studio version fades out, live ending as follows)
G A
F F G G A
F F G G A