[Intro]

Synth Telephone Sound

|Am         |G          |F          |G  Am      |


[Verse 1]

A          Amaj7
Hello--how are you?
         A7                                              Bbdim            Bm
Have you been alright, through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights,
                E        Bm           C#m
That's what I'd say,     I'd tell you everything
D               E           Amaj7      Dmaj7      E
  If you'd pick up that telephone,     ya ya ya


[Verse 2]

A            Amaj7
Hey--how you feelin'
        A7
Are you still the same
                                       Bbdim            Bm         E
Don't you realise the things we did we did were all for real not a dream
Bm       C#m
  I just can't believe
D             E            Amaj7          Dmaj7        Amaj7       Dmaj7     E
  They've all faded out of view.     Yeah yeah, ooh            ooh ooh


[Bridge]

A            F#m                D             E6   E
  Shoo wop   doo be doo doo wop   doo wah doo la - ang
A            F#m               D               E6   E
   Blue days      black nights     doo wah doo la - ang

A           F#m
   I look into the sky
 D                                E6      E
   (The love you need ain't gonna see you through)
A        F#m
   And I wonder why
D                                       E6     E
   (The little things you planned ain't coming true)


[Chorus]

A             F#m                D                   E6    Ddim
Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - 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                   Amaj7
  Okay, so no one's answering,
          A7                                             Bbdim
Can't you just let it ring a little longer longer longer oh,    wo wo
Bm               E      Bm                     C#m
   I'll just sit tight,    through the shadows of the night
D         E            Amaj7          Dmaj7         Amaj7    Dmaj7     E
   Let it ring for evermore.   Oh oh, whoa,   ya ya ya


[Chorus]

A           F#m                D              E6   E
   Shoo wop doo be doo doo wop,   doo wah doo la - ang
A              F#m             D             E6   E
    Blue days,    black nights,  doo wah doo la - ang

A           F#m
   I look into the sky
 D                                E6      E
   (The love you need ain't gonna see you through)
A        F#m
   And I wonder why
D                                      E6     E
  (The little things you planned ain't coming true)

A             F#m                D                   E6    Ddim
Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light
A             F#m                D                   E6    Ddim
Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light

A             F#m                D                   E6    Ddim
Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light
A             F#m                D                   E6    Ddim
Oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twi - light


(Studio version fades out, live ending as follows)

G A
F F  G  G A
F F  G  G A