Telephone Line

by Electric Light Orchestra · posted by gene

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab


 -5 6    5 -6 6 -6
Hel-lo. How are you?

 5    6  -6 6   5  6
Have you  been al-right 

   4     5    6  -6 6  6   -5  -5
Through all those lone-ly lone-ly 

  5  5   -4  -4  -4’ -4’  -4
Lone-ly lone-ly lone-ly nights

  -4    -4   5   6
That's what I'd say 

-4   -4   5   6  -6   6 5
I'd tell you ev-‘ry- thing

4    5    6   -6  6   4  5   5
If you'd pick up that te-le-phone 

 5    5   -4 4
Yeah yeah yeah


 6    5   6  -6 6   6
Hey. How you  feel-ing?

 5   6   -6    6   5
Are you still the same?

 5     6  -6 6   5
Don't you  real-ize 

 5   -5    5   5   -4 -4
The things we did, we did 

 -6   7   5  -5 5  -4 -4  5 6
Were all for real, not a dream?

-4  5    6    -6   6
 I just can't be-lieve

   5     6  -6  6   4  5   5
They've all fad-ed out of view 

 6    -6   7    -4  -4 4
Yeah yeah yeah yeah  yeah

6 -6 7 -10 8 7 -6
      Oohhh


 4   4   4  4   4   4   4
Doo-wop doo-by doo-doo-wop 

 4   4   4   5 -4 5 -4 4
Doo-wah doo-    lang

 4    4      4   4 -4 4
Blue days, black nights 

 4   4   4   5 -4 5 -4 4
Doo-wah doo-    lang


4  5   6  -6  7  -6
I look in-to the sky 

 4   4    4   4 
The love you need 

 4     4  4   4   4   5 -4 5 -4
Ain't gon-na see you   through

 5  6 -6   5   5
And I won-der why 

 4   4   4    4     4     4
The lit-tle things you planned 

  4    5  -4   5 -4 4
Ain't com-ing   true


6   6   5  -5   6    7 
Oh, oh, Te-le-phone line

 4   -4  5    -5
Give me some time 

-3” -3” -3  4   5  -5 5 -4
I'm liv-ing in twi- light

6   6   5  -5   6    7 
Oh, oh, Te-le-phone line

 4   -4  5    -5
Give me some time 

-3” -3” -3  4   5  -5 5 -4
I'm liv-ing in twi- light


5 6  4  5   6    -6   6   6
O-k. So no one's ans-wer-ing

 4    5     6   -6   6  5
Well can't you just let it 

 7   -6  6   6  -5   5
Ring  a lit-tle lon-ger 

 5  -4  -4   4
Lon-ger lon-ger 

-6 7   5 -4 4 5
   Ooohhhhh

 -4   -4   5    6
I'll just sit tight 

   4     4   4   7  -6   6 -6
Through sha-dows of the  night

 5  6  -6 6  6  4  5   5
Let it ring for e-ver-more 

4 5 -4 4
  Oohh 


Doowop dooby doo doowop 
Doowah doolang
Blue days black nights 
Doowah doolang


When I look into the sky 
The love you need 
Ain't gonna see you through
And I wonder why 
The little things you planned 
Ain't coming true


Oh, oh, Telephone Line
Give me some time 
I'm living in twilight
(repeat and fade)

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