LOVE - "the red telephone" Tablature
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"The Red Telephone"
(Arthur Lee)
Intro:
Cmaj7 Am G F#7 F F#
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
C Am G F#7
Sitting on a hillside
F F# D
Watching all the people die
G C E A
I'll feel much better on the other side
Am G F#7 F F#
I'll bum a ride
Verse 2/3:
I believe in magic
Why, because it is so quick
I don't need power when I'm hypnotized
Am G
Look in my eyes
F#7 F F#
What are you seeing (I see...)
D
How do you feel?
(...you)
G C E A
I feel real phony when my name is Phil
Am G F#7 F F#
Or was that Bill?
Bridge:
BbaddE [xx8760] AaddB [xx7657] [2X]
/ / / / / / / /
BbaddE AaddB
Life goes on here
BbaddE AaddB
Day after day
E Fmaj7
I don't know if I am living or if I'm
C E
Supposed to be
D C
Sometimes my life is so eerie
D
And if you think I'm happy
C G/B A
Paint me (white)
(yellow)
BbaddE AaddB [2X]
/ / / / / / / /
I've been here once
I've been here twice
I don't know if the third's the fourth or if
The fifth's the fix
Sometimes I deal with numbers
And if you wanna count me
Count me out
Verse 4:
I don't need the time of day
Anytime with me's OK
I just don't want you using up my time
[Am]
'Cause that's not right
Coda:
[repeat 3X:]
Am A
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
ahh....
[repeat 3X:]
Am
They're locking them up today
They're throwing away the key
A
I wonder who it'll be tomorrow, you or me?
Am
We're all normal and we want our freedom
A
Freedom... freedom... freedom... freedom
Am A
Freedom... freedom... freedom... freedom
[continue with Am-A progression to fade]
(spoken:) Alla God's chilluns gotta have dere freedom
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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