Telephone Road
Telephone Road

Telephone Road easy guitar chords by Rodney Crowell

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • Am

  • Dsus4

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • F#m

    2

  • E

  • Bm

    2

  • Am

  • Dsus4

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • F#m

    2

  • E

  • Bm

    2
    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Rain 
    came 
    down 
    in 

    endless 
    sheets 
    of 
    thunder 

    Lightning 
    bolts 
    split 
    pine 

    trees 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    root
    s 

    In 
    the shad
    ow 
    of 
    the 
    Astrodome 

    With 
    a 
    hurricane 
    coming 
    on 
    strong 

    We 
    used 
    to 
    hit 
    the 
    streets 
    and 
    go 

    swimming 
    in 
    our 
    birthday 
    suits 

    Verse 2

    Ski
    ing 
    in 
    a 
    bar 
    ditch 
    be
    hind 

    a moped 

    13 stitches 
    on 
    the 
    corner 
    of 
    a sardine 
    can

    We 
    were 
    dirt 
    poor 
    Houston 
    kids 

    Our 
    whole 
    fam
    ily 
    living 
    on 
    the skids 

    But 
    we 
    always 
    had 
    a nickel 
    for 
    the 

    coming 
    of 
    the 
    ice 
    cream 
    man 

    Verse 3
    Mos
    quito 
    truck 
    blowing 
    up 
    DDT 

    Barefoot 
    heathens 
    running 
    wild 
    and 
    free 

    Air 
    raid 
    buzzer 
    at 
    a 
    noon- 
    day 
    scream 

    Living 
    in 
    a 
    dream 

    On 
    Telephone 
    Road 

    Verse 4

    I 
    used 
    to 
    love 
    them 
    cherry 
    Cokes 

    down 
    at 
    the Prince's 
    Drive- 
    In 

    And 
    the 
    cheeseburgers tasted 
    so 

    good 
    I 
    like 
    to come 
    un
    tied 

    There's 
    a 
    Chinaberry tree 
    I 
    remember 

    I 
    used 
    to 
    climb 
    in 
    and 
    out 

    of 
    my 
    window 

    The night 
    I 
    left 
    was 
    on 
    the 
    day 

    before 
    my 
    Grandma 
    died 

    Verse 5

    Saw
    dust 
    spread 
    out 
    on 
    a 

    dance 
    hall 
    floor 

    Jukebox 
    ripping 
    at 
    an 
    all- 
    out 
    roar 

    Barmaid 
    smiling 
    at 
    a 
    10 cent 
    tip 

    Living 
    is 
    a trip 

    On 
    Telephone 
    Road 

    Verse 6

    Magnolia 
    Garden 
    bandstand 

    on 
    the 
    very 
    front 
    row 

    Johnny 
    Cash 
    Carl 
    Perkins 
    and 
    The 

    Killer 
    putting 
    on 
    a show 

    6 years 
    old 
    and 
    just 
    barely 

    off 
    my 
    daddy's 
    knee 

    When 
    those 
    rockabilly rebels 

    Sent 
    the 
    Devil 
    running 

    right 
    through 
    me 

    Verse 7
    A drive- 
    in 
    movie 
    in 
    the trunk 
    of 
    my 
    car 

    One- 
    eyed 
    sailor 
    in 
    an 
    ice 
    house 
    bar 

    Spit- 
    shine 
    Charlie 
    and 
    ol' 
    Peg- 
    leg 
    Bill 

    Are 
    dressed 
    up 
    fit 
    to 
    kill 

    On 
    Telephone 
    Road 

    Verse 8

    Telephone 
    Road, 
    Telephone 
    Road 

    Verse 9
    Barbecue 
    and 
    beer 
    on 
    ice 

    A salty 
    watermelon 
    slice 

    At 
    the Little 
    Taste 
    of 
    Paradis
    e 

    On 
    Telephone 
    Road 

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