Telephone Line — Electric Light Orchestra
Chords and lyrics for Telephone Line by Electric Light Orchestra (key of D).
Verse 1
ELO - Telephone Line
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]Hello--how [Amaj7]are you?
Have you [A7]been alright, through all those lonely, lonely, [Bbdim]lonely, lonely
[Bm]nights,
That's what I'd [E]say, [Bm]I'd tell you [C#m]everything
[D] If you'd pick [E]up that [Amaj7]telephone, [Dmaj7]ya ya ya[E]
Verse 2
[A]Hey--how you [Amaj7]feelin'
Are you [A7]still the same
Don't you realise the things we did we [Bbdim]did were all for [Bm]real not a [E]dream
[Bm] I just [C#m]can't believe
[D] They've all [E]faded out of [Amaj7]view. Yeah [Dmaj7]yeah, ooh [Amaj7] ooh [Dmaj7]ooh
[E]
Bridge
[A] Shoo wop [F#m]doo be doo doo wop [D] doo wah doo [E6]la - [E]ang
[A] Blue days [F#m] black nights [D] doo wah doo [E6]la - [E]ang
[A] I look [F#m]into the sky
[D] (The love you need ain't gonna [E6]see you [E]through)
[A] And I [F#m]wonder why
[D] (The little things you planned ain't [E6]coming [E]true)
Chorus
[A]Oh, telephone [F#m]line, give me some [D]time, I'm living in [E6]twi - [Ddim]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] Okay, so no one's [Amaj7]answering,
Can't you [A7]just let it ring a little longer longer longer [Bbdim]oh, wo wo
[Bm] I'll just sit [E]tight, [Bm] through the shadows [C#m]of the night
[D] Let it [E]ring for [Amaj7]evermore. Oh oh, [Dmaj7]whoa, ya ya [Amaj7]ya[E][Dmaj7]
Chorus
[A] Shoo wop [F#m]doo be doo doo wop,[D] doo wah doo [E6]la - [E]ang
[A] Blue days, [F#m] black nights,[D] doo wah doo [E6]la - [E]ang
[A] I look [F#m]into the sky
[D] (The love you need ain't gonna [E6]see you [E]through)
[A] And I [F#m]wonder why
[D] (The little things you planned ain't [E6]coming [E]true)
[A]Oh, telephone [F#m]line, give me some [D]time, I'm living in [E6]twi - [Ddim]light
[A]Oh, telephone [F#m]line, give me some [D]time, I'm living in [E6]twi - [Ddim]light
[A]Oh, telephone [F#m]line, give me some [D]time, I'm living in [E6]twi - [Ddim]light
[A]Oh, telephone [F#m]line, give me some [D]time, I'm living in [E6]twi - [Ddim]light
(Studio version fades out, live ending as follows)
[G] [A]
[F] [F] [G] [G] [A]
[F] [F] [G] [G] [A]
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