Steve Earle – Telephone Road (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
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F C F
Bb Am Gm F C F
[Verse 1]
F Am Gm F C F My brother Jimmy, my other brother Jack F Am Gm F C F They went off down to Houston and never come back F Am Gm F C F Mama wasn't going to let her baby go yet F Am G F C F but there ain't nobody hiring back in Lafayette
[Verse 2]
F Am Gm F C F Working all week for the Texico check F Am Gm F C F Sun beating down on the back of my neck F Am Gm F C F Tried to save my money but Jimmy says no F Am Gm F C F Says he's got a little honey on telephone road
[Chorus]
Bb Am Gm F Come on come on come on lets go F C F This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know Bb Am Gm F Come on come on come on lets go F C F Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road
[Interlude]
F Am Gm F C F x2
[Verse 3]
F Am Gm F C F Telephone Road is ten miles long F Am Gm F C F Fifty car lots and a hundred Honky Tonks F Am Gm F C F Jukebox is blasting and the beer bottles ring F Am Gm F C F Jimmy banging on the pinball machine
[Chorus]
Bb Am Gm F Come on come on come on lets go F C F This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know Bb Am Gm F Come on come on come on lets go F C F Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road
[Solo]
F Am Gm F C F x2
Bb Am Gm F C F x2
[Verse 4]
F Am Gm F C F Mama never told me about nothing like this F Am Gm F C F I guess Houston's about as big as the city can get F Am Gm F C F Sometimes I get lonesome for Lafayette F Am Gm F C F Some day I'm going home, but I ain't ready yet
[Chorus]
Bb Am Gm F Come on come on come on lets go F C F This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know Bb Am Gm F Come on come on come on lets go F C F Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road Bb Am Gm F Come on come on come on lets go F C F This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know Bb Am Gm F Come on come on come on lets go F C F Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road
Bb Am Gm F