The Tavern Telephone chords by
Dave Dudley

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A A 
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I've been hangin' around this
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honky -tonk for a  long, time
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E E 
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I   know all about that cheatin' goin' on
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I'm in on every line
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But now I just attend my own business
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Wish others'd mind their own
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I  hear it all hangin' on this wall
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I'm the tavern telephone
Some drunk just hit me with a pool cue
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D D 
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G G 
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Said I took his last dime
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E E 
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Yeah, he just dialed the wrong number
A A 
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Shoot, wasn't no fault of mine
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And Big Jim over there
just stretched me out to the jukebox
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E E 
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So Gail could hear her favorite song
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He ain't got no respect
Hell, it his neck
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On me, the tavern telephone
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They use me
And abuse me
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All the honky -tonk night long
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It's taken out on me
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Lord, it's tough to be
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D D 
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The tavern telephone
Well, I don't mind
Sweet Lucille droppin' in her time
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Uh -uh, she just waits at the table
A A 
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Don't drink at all that light beer and wine
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But now there's old Harley
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D D 
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and he lives in here
G G 
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Always leavin' that cotton -pick
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in' toothbrush at home
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When he gets a few down,
A A 
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he calls every girl in town
D D 
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On who? The tavern telephone
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They use me and abuse me
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G G 
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All a honky -tonk night long
Sure, it's taken out on me
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Lord, it's tough to be
A A 
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D D 
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the tavern telephone
A A 
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Look, the next time you're in
D D 
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one of your local watering holes,
G G 
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like this one,
and the woman gives you a call,
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says she's had enough,
and she's packing up,
A A 
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look, don't tear me off the wall,
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just think it over,
don't slam me down,
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you're the reason she's alone,
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but I know you'll forget,
start cussin' and kickin'
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Me, the Tavern Telephone
G G 
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They use me and abuse me
D D 
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All honky -tonk night long
G G 
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It's takin' out on poor old me
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Lord, it's tough to be
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The Tavern Telephone
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Yeah, now listen, some night
when you're out there
G G 
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havin' a good time,
and you wanna call some friends,
E E 
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be a little more careful
how you grab me or jerk me around,
A A 
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you're kinda sensitive too. But remember also,
D D 
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you pull me around enough,
and I'll quit hangin' here,
then how you gonna make those
G G 
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football bets?
E E 
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Oops! I  was only kiddin' about that.
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Ain't no gamblin' here.
Only love I told
Hope my bell didn't hear that

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