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Telephone bill chords by 
Johnny Guitar Watson
N/A•
Verse 1
C
G
Fm
E
Em
Everybody rappin' and talkin' 'bout nothin'
Am
C
D
and makin' 'em sexy sounds
G
Fm
And in the meantime and in- between-
F
C
D
time I'm down here on the ground.
G
Bm
But now, I'm not complainin' about what's
G
C
C#dim
pertainin' to my present status quo
Ebm
E
About things gettin' hard, ooh,
Em
Am
D
G
my God – inflation… I know you know. Listen:
Fm
Now just yesterday
Verse 2
E
I'd like to say
Bm
C#dim
D
before I got on my bed.
G
F
C
G
Now I was already tired on the for- real side
Bm
C
D
and a few bills I'd have got to pay…
G
Bm
Now my phone rang and a cute little
C
C#dim
girl began to sing this tune,
D
Em
E
She said: “Mr. Watson I'd like to inform
A
D
C
you your phone is turned off at noon!”
G
Fm
Now that came to me as
Verse 3
E
D
no surprise,
C
C#dim
D
'cause last week I went up the coast,
C
D
I met a cute little girl that was all the way live
Bm
C
and callin' her I thought was the most!
D
G
F
She had them great big eyes and 'em great
C
C#dim
big legs and it gave my body a chill.
G
Em
E
So, you know, I never thought about
Am
D
G
the cost and, no – a telephone bill!
F
So I just kept on rappin', my
Verse 4
E
hands got clappin',
C
D
havin' myself a ball,
G
F
Fm
Eh, ah – you know, it slipped my mind it
D
C
was at the same time I was makin' a long distance call.
Ebm
G
Bm
So that day before yesterday I ran into the
C
C#dim
problem just making them calls an hollers
G
Em
And I picked up the envelope that contained
G
D
my bill – guess what: 500 dollars!
G
F
Now, the next time I call this
Verse 5
E
big- leg-
D
C
D
cutie to make myself a date
G
E
I'm gonna call that girl way after nine
C
D
and get me the evening rate!
G
Bm
Now, I ain't gonna tell her, shh,
C
C#dim
ain't gonna tell her nothin' to blow my frown thing,
G
Em
But it'll be way, way,
E
A
D
G
way after nine when she'll hear her telephone ring!
Fm
Ring it!
Verse 6
C
Ring it! Ring
D
that telephone!
G
C
Fm
Bm
C
Ring it! Ring it! Ring
C#dim
D
that tele phone!
G
Bm
C
I said: ring it! Ring it! Have
C#dim
yourself a thrill!
G
And when you ring it,
C
G
D
G
ring it: watch your phone bill!
Fm
Now I paid the bill and the
Verse 7
E
deal was real
C
Ebm
and my talking resumed and all.
Gm
G
Bm
A, ah, I said: from now on, pal,
C
D
I must stick to my local calls!
G
Now, a few weeks passed,
C
C#dim
and I would just guess – y- you know what I'm talkin' about –
D
Eb
E
I say, when I got the bill the figure was so low,
A
D
G
I was im pressed! Knock me out!
Fm
Now, shortly that after something
Verse 8
Eaug
E
stopped my laughter,
Bm
C#dim
D
I was upside diggin' in the yard,
G
Bm
Am
E
Bm
C#dim
Heard a “ding” and I heard a “dong” – it was the phone! Ooh,
D
my Lord!
Ebm
G
Say, I dropped my shovel and my body I
C
C#dim
levelled and I made me a 100- yard dash
G
Em
And then I straightened up my clothes and I blew
G
Am
D
C
my nose through a kleenex in the trash.
G
Fm
I composed myself and I picked
Verse 9
E
up the phone
C
D
and I was still kinda huffin' and puffin'
G
Fm
E
And the operator said “would you accept a collect
Bm
C
D
Ebm
call?” – I said: “Ain't that nothin'?”
G
Bm
C
But, uh, I was just cool, 'cause, you know, I didn't wanna be no fool,
C#dim
and, see, I didn't know who it was –
D
Eb
E
It was the big- legged cu tie from up off
Am
D
G
the coast tellin' me that she was in love!
Fm
Then, now, for three whole minutes I
Verse 10
E
planned to talk
Am
C
D
– not now you all know I ain't never lied!
G
Fm
But, in love or not,
E
Bm
C
D
I planned to stop when the third minute arrived!
G
Bm
I went three minutes past – it occured
C
C#dim
to me: ooh! She might talk a week!
G
I- I said: “I'm sorry, Baby, look,
E
Am
D
G
I gotta go!” – She was a telephone freak!
Fm
She said: “Oh, Johnny,
Verse 11
E
Bm
C
D
talk a little longer! With you I'm so in love!”
G
Fm
I said: “I know, where you're comin' from,
C
Bm
C
Ebm
D
I can dig it! I gotta go rehearse at the club!”
G
Bm
She said: “Well, if you gotta go rehearse I'll call you later,
C
C#dim
there's some I gotta tell you what's on my mind!”
D
E
I said: “Well, yeah okay, Baby,
A
D
G
you can call me back – anytime after nine!”
Verse 12
G
C
Ring it! Ring it! Ring that telephone!
D
C
G
Fm
Why don't you ring it?
C
Bm
C
Ring it? Ring that telephone?
G
C
And when you ring it, ring it,
C#dim
have yourself a thrill!
G
Eb
Em
A
D
And ring it, ring it: watch your phone bill
Outro 1
G
E
Bm
C
D
G
Fm
C
C#dim
C
G
Bm
C
C#dim
Gm
C
E
A
D
G
Fm
C
D
G
Fm
C
C#dim
C
D
G
C
C#dim
G
Fm
C
D
G
C
E
Am
C
D
G
E
C
G
C
C#dim
G
E
D
G
D
G
C
C#dim
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