telephone line
Electric Light Orchestra
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Tom : D
Intro: Am C9 F G
A A7+ A7
Hello - how are you - have you been alright?
Bbº Bm
Through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights
E Bm C#m D
That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything
E A D7+
If you'd pick up that telephone, yeah, yeah, yeah
A A7+ A7
Hey - how you feeling' - are you still the same?
Bbº Bm
Don't you realize the things we did, we did were all for real
E Bm C#m D
Not a dream, I just can't believe
E A
They've all faded out of view...
D7+ A D7+
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
>Refrão>---VVV
A F#m D E
Doo wop, doobie doo doo wop, doo wa doo lang
A F#m D E
Blue days, black nights, doo wa doo lang
A F#m
I look into the sky
D E
(The love you need ain't gonna see you through)
A F#m
And I wonder why
D E
(The little things you planned ain't coming true)
[Trecho 2x]
A A/G# F#m
Oh, oh, telephone line
F#m/E D
E F11+
Give me some time, I'm living in twilight
>Refrão>--- AAA
G A Am C9 F G A A7+
Okay, so no one's answering
A7
Bbº
Well can't you just let it ring a little longer, longer, longer... ohh, oh
Bm E Bm C#m D
I'll just sit tight, through the shadows of the night
E A D7+ A D7+
Let it ring for evermore yeah, yeah, yeah
(Refrão)
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