Love – The Red Telephone (Guitar)

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Chords

(Arthur Lee) Bbadd#11 xx8760 Aadd9 xx7657 [Intro]
        Cmaj7   Am   G   F#7       F  F#
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
[Verse 1]
        C            Am  G  F#7
        Sitting on a hillside

                          F F#   D
        Watching all the people die

              G         C             E     A
        I'll feel much better on the other side

                    Am       G  F#7   F  F#
        I'll bum a ride
[Verse 2/3]
        C           Am G F#7
        I believe in magic

                        F  F# D
        Why, because it is so quick

          G          C              E    A
        I don't need power when I'm hypnotized

                    Am    G
        Look in my eyes

        F#7                  F  F#
        What are you seeing (I see...)

                     D
        How do you feel?
(...you)
           G         C             E       A
        I feel real phony when my name is Phil

                     Am      G  F#7   F   F#
        Or was that Bill?
[Bridge]
        Bbadd#11      Aadd9       (x2)
        /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

        Bbadd#11     Aadd9
        Life goes on here

        Bbadd#11  Aadd9
        Day after day

        E           Fmaj7
        I don't know if I am living or if I'm

        C           E
        Supposed to be

        D                        C
        Sometimes my life is so eerie

        D
        And if you think I'm happy

        C    G/B    A
        Paint me (white)
(yellow)
        Bbadd#11      Aadd9       (x2)
        /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

        Bbadd#11       Aadd9
        I've been here once

        Bbadd#11       Aadd9
        I've been here twice

        E                   Fmaj7
        I don't know if the third's the fourth or if

        C               E
        The fifth's the fix

        D                           C
        Sometimes I deal with numbers

        D
        And if you wanna count me

        C    G/B A
        Count me out
[Verse 4]
        C                Am   G  F#7
        I don't need the time of day

                     F   F# D
        Anytime with me's OK

          G          C              E     A
        I just don't want you using up my time

                           (Am)
        'Cause that's not right
[Coda] (Repeat x3)
        Am                A
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
ahh.... (Repeat x3)
                 Am
        They're locking them up today
They're throwing away the key
          A
        I wonder who it'll be tomorrow, you or me?

        Am
        We're all normal and we want our freedom

        A
        Freedom... freedom... freedom... freedom

        Am                                A
        Freedom... freedom... freedom... freedom
[continue with Am-A progression to fade] (spoken:) Alla God's chilluns gotta have dere freedom -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers