Telephone Road — Rodney Crowell
Chords and lyrics for Telephone Road by Rodney Crowell (key of B).
Intro
[B] [B]
Verse 1
[B]Rain came down in endless sheets of [E]thunder
[B]Lightening bolts split pine trees down to [E]the roots
In the shadow[G#m] of the astrodome
With a [E]hurricane coming on strong
We used to hit the [G#m]streets and go swimming in our [F#]birthday [B][F#]suits
Verse 2
[B]Skiing in a bar ditch behind a [E]moped
[B]Thirteen stitches on the corner of a [E]sardine can
We were dirt poor[G#m] Houston kids our whole [E]family living on the skids
But we always [G#m]had a nickel for the coming of the ice [F#][B]cream[F#] man
Chorus 1
[B]Mosquito truck blowing out DDT
[G#m]Barefoot heathens running wild and free
[E]Air raid buzzer at a noonday scream
[C#m]Living in a [F#]dream on telephone [E]road [E]Guitar Riff
Verse 3
[B]I used to love them cherry cokes down at the princess [E]drive-in
[B]The cheeseburgers taste so good I like to come [E]untied
There’s a chinaberry tree [G#m]I remember I used to [E]climb in and out my window
The night I left [G#m]was on the day before my grandma [F#][B]died[F#]
Chorus 2
[B]Sawdust spread out on a Dance Hall floor
[G#m]Juke box ripping at an all out roar
[E]Barmaid smiling at a ten cent tip
[C#m]Living is a [F#m]trip on telephone [E]road
Bridge
[G#m]Magnolia garden bandstand on the very [E]front row
[G#m]Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and the killer putting on a[F#] show
[C#m]Six years old and barely off my daddys [E]knees
[G#m]When those rockabilly rebels sent the devil running right through [F#]me
Chorus 3
[B]Drive in movie in the trunk of my car
[G#m]One eyed sailor in an ice house bar
[E]Split shine Charlie and ol’ peg leg bill
[C#m]Are dressed up fit to [F#]kill on telephone [E]road
Outro
[G#m]Telephone [B]road
[E]Telephone road
[G#m]Barbeque and beer on [F#]ice
[G#m]A salty watermelon [F#]slice
[G#m]At the Little Taste of [F#]Paradise
On telephone [E]road
[G#]Telephone road
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