Telephone bill chords by Johnny Guitar Watson
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Verse 1
(C major) (G major) Everybody (F minor) rappin' and (E major) talkin' 'bout (E minor) nothin'
and (A minor) makin' 'em (C major) sexy sound (D major) s
And in the (G major) meantime (F minor) and in- between-
(F major) time (C major) I'm down here on the ground. (D major)
But now, (G major) I'm not complainin' about (B minor) what's
(G major) pertainin' (C major) to my present status (C sharpdim) quo
About things gettin' (E flat minor) hard, (E major) ooh,
my (E minor) God (A minor) (D major) – inflation… I know (G major) you know. Listen:
Now just yester (F minor) day
Verse 2
(E major) I'd like to say
before (B minor) I got (C sharpdim) on my (D major) bed.
Now I was (G major) already (F major) tired on the (C major) for- real (G major) side
and a (B minor) few bills (C major) I'd have got to (D major) pay…
Now my (G major) phone rang and a (B minor) cute little
(C major) girl began to sing this (C sharpdim) tune,
She said: (D major) “Mr. Watson (E minor) I'd like to in (E major) form
you your phone (A major) is turned (D major) off at (C major) noon!”
Now (G major) that came (F minor) to me as
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Verse 3
(E major) no surprise, (D major)
'cause (C major) last week I (C sharpdim) went up the coast, (D major)
(C major) I met a cute little girl that was (D major) all the way live
and (B minor) callin' her (C major) I thought was the most!
(D major) She had (G major) them great big eyes and (F major) 'em great
big (C major) legs and it gave my body a chill. (C sharpdim)
So, (G major) you know, I (E minor) never thought (E major) about
the cost and, no (A minor) – a (D major) telephone (G major) bill!
So I just kept on (F major) rappin', my
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(E major) hands got clappin',
(C major) havin' myself a ball, (D major)
Eh, ah (G major) – you know, it (F major) slipped my mind (F minor) it
was at the same (D major) time I was (C major) makin' a long distance call.
(E flat minor) So (G major) that day before yesterday I (B minor) ran into the
problem just (C major) making them calls an (C sharpdim) hollers
And I (G major) picked up the envelope that con (E minor) tained
my (G major) bill – guess (D major) what: 500 dollars!
(G major) Now, the next time (F major) I call this
Verse 5
(E major) big- leg-
(D major) cutie to (C major) make myself a date (D major)
I'm gonna call that (G major) girl way (E major) after nine
an (C major) d get me the evening (D major) rate!
Now, (G major) I ain't gonna tell her (B minor) , shh,
ain't gonna tell her (C major) nothin' (C sharpdim) to blow my frown thing,
But it'll (G major) be way, (E minor) way,
(E major) way after nine when (A major) she'll hear her (D major) telephone (G major) ring!
Ring it! (F minor)
Verse 6
Ring it! (C major) Ring
that telephone! (D major)
(G major) Ring it! (C major) (F minor) Ring it! (B minor) (C major) Ring
that (C sharpdim) tele phone! (D major)
I said: (G major) ring it! (B minor) Ring it! (C major) Have
yourself a thrill! (C sharpdim)
And when you (G major) ring it,
(C major) ring it: (G major) (D major) watch your phone bill! (G major)
Now I paid the (F minor) bill and the
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(E major) deal was real
and my (C major) talking resumed (E flat minor) and all.
A, ah, (G minor) I said: (G major) from now on, (B minor) pal,
I must (C major) stick to my local call (D major) s!
Now, a (G major) few weeks passed,
and I would just guess (C major) – y- you know what I'm talkin' (C sharpdim) about –
I say, (D major) when I got (E flat major) the bill the fig (E major) ure was so low,
I was (A major) im pressed! (D major) Knock me (G major) out!
Now, shortly that (F minor) after something
Verse 8
(Eaug) stopped my (E major) laughter,
I (B minor) was upside (C sharpdim) diggin' in the (D major) yard,
(G major) Heard (B minor) a “ding” and I (A minor) heard a (E major) “dong” – it was the (B minor) phone! (C sharpdim) Ooh,
my (D major) Lord!
(E flat minor) Say, I (G major) dropped my shovel and my body I
levelled and I (C major) made me a 100- yard (C sharpdim) dash
And then I (G major) straightened up my (E minor) clothes and I blew
my nose (G major) through a (A minor) kleenex (D major) in the (C major) trash.
(G major) I composed my (F minor) self and I picked
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(E major) up the phone
and I was (C major) still kinda huffin' and puffin' (D major)
And the (G major) operator (F minor) said “would you ac (E major) cept a collect
call?” – I (B minor) said: (C major) “Ain't that (D major) (E flat minor) nothin'?”
But, (G major) uh, I was just cool, 'cause, (B minor) you know, I didn't (C major) wanna be no fool,
and, see, (C sharpdim) I didn't know who it was –
It was the (D major) big- legged (E flat major) cu tie from (E major) up off
the coast tellin' (A minor) me that she (D major) was in (G major) love!
Then, now, for three whole (F minor) minutes I
Verse 10
(E major) planned to talk
– not (A minor) now you all know (C major) I ain't never (D major) lied!
But, in (G major) love or (F minor) not,
I (E major) planned to stop when the (B minor) third (C major) minute arrived! (D major)
I went (G major) three minutes past – it oc (B minor) cured
to me: oo (C major) h! She might talk a (C sharpdim) week!
I- I (G major) said: “I'm sorry, Baby, look,
(E major) I gotta (A minor) go!” – She was a (D major) telephone (G major) freak!
She said: (F minor) “Oh, Johnny,
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(E major)
talk a little longer! (B minor) With you I'm (C major) so in (D major) love!”
I said: (G major) “I know, where you're (F minor) comin' from,
(C major) I can dig it! I got (B minor) ta go re (C major) hearse at the (E flat minor) (D major) club!”
She said: (G major) “Well, if you gotta go rehearse (B minor) I'll call you later,
there's some (C major) I gotta tell (C sharpdim) you what's on my mind!”
I said: (D major) “Well, yeah okay, (E major) Baby,
you can call me back (A major) – anytime (D major) after (G major) nine!”
Verse 12
Ring it! (G major) Ring it! (C major) Ring that telephone!
(D major) (C major) Why don't you (G major) ring it? (F minor)
(C major) Ring it? (B minor) Ring that (C major) telephone?
(G major) And when you ring it, ring it, (C major)
have yourself a thrill! (C sharpdim)
And (G major) ring it, (E flat major) (E minor) ring it: (A major) watch your (D major) phone bill
Outro 1
(G major) (E major) (B minor) (C major) (D major) (G major) (F minor) (C major) (C sharpdim)
(C major) (G major) (B minor) (C major) (C sharpdim) (G minor) (C major) (E major) (A major) (D major)
(G major) (F minor) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(F minor) (C major) (C sharpdim) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (C sharpdim)
(G major) (F minor) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (E major) (A minor) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (E major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (C sharpdim)
(G major) (E major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (C major) (C sharpdim)
Telephone bill
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