Tom Waits – Telephone Call From Istanbul (Guitar)

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[Intro] | F#m | F#m | Bm | Bm | | C# | C# | F#m | F#m N.C.| | F#m | F#m | Bm | Bm | | C# | C# | F#m | N.C. | [Verse 1]
          F#m
And I was all night long on the broken glass

Bm
Livin' in a medicine chest

C#
Mediteromanian hotel back

F#m                            N.C.
Sprawled across a roll top desk
[Verse 2]
    F#m
The monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan

     Bm
They paint the donkey blue if you pay

        C#
I got a telephone call from Istanbul

   F#m                     N.C.
My baby's coming home today
[Chorus]
         Bm7
Will you sell me one of those if I shave my head

E
Get me out of town is what Fireball said

A
Never trust a man in a blue trench coat

F#m
Never drive a car when you're dead

Bm
Saturday's a festival, Friday's a gem

C#
Dye your hair yellow and raise your hem

F#m
Follow me to Beulah's on Dry Creek Road

  Bm                           C#  N.C.
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed
[Instrumental] | F#m | F#m | Bm | Bm | | C# | C# | F#m | F#m N.C.| | F#m | F#m | Bm | Bm | | C# | C# | F#m | F#m N.C.| [Chorus]
         Bm7
Will you sell me one of those if I shave my head

E
Get me out of town is what Fireball said

A
Never trust a man in a blue trench coat

F#m
Never drive a car when you're dead

Bm
Saturday's a festival, Friday's a gem

C#
Dye your hair yellow and raise your hem

F#m
Follow me to Beulah's on Dry Creek Road

  Bm                           C#  N.C.
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed
[Verse 3]
      F#m
Well, take me down to buy a tux on Red Rose Bear

  Bm
I got to cut a hole in the day

        C#
I got a telephone call from Istanbul

   F#m                     N.C.
My baby's coming home today
[Chorus]
Bm7
Sell me one of those if I shave my head

E
Get me out of town is what Fireball said

A
Never trust a man in a blue trench coat

F#m
Never drive a car when you're dead

Bm
Saturday's a festival, Friday's a gem

C#
Dye your hair yellow and raise your hem

F#m
Follow me to Beulah's on Dry Creek Road

  Bm                           C#  N.C.
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed
[Outro] | F#m | F#m | Bm | Bm | | C# | C# | F#m | F#m N.C.| | F#m | F#m | Bm | Bm | (fade out)