----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telephone Call From Istanbul ? Tom Waits ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: cg10 This is a simple version in the same key as the version on "Frank's Wild Years", with complete lyrics. It owes a lot to Todd Olsen's tab, so thanks for the cues! [F#m] All night long on the broken glass [Bm] livin in a medicine chest [C#] mediteromanian hotel back [F#m] sprawled across a roll top desk [F#m] the monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan [Bm] they paint the donkey blue if you pay [C#] I got a telephone call from Istanbul [F#m] my baby's coming home today Chorus: [Bm7] will you sell me one of those if I shave my head [E] get me out of town is what fireball said [A] never trust a man in a blue trench coat [A] never drive a car when you're dead [Bm] Saturday's a festival Friday's a gem [C#] dye your hair yellow and raise your hem [F#m] follow me to beulah's on dry creek road [Bm] [C#] I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed Repeat chorus followed by: [F#m] take me down to buy a tux on red rose bear [Bm] got to cut a hole in the day [C#] I got a telephone call from Istanbul [F#m] my baby's coming home today Repeat chorus