• Song:

    Telephone Baby

  • Artist:

    Johnny Otis

  • Album:

    Pioneers Of Rock

TELEPHONE BABY: JOHNNY OTIS with MARCI LEE (J. Otis - 1959) 4/4 - 146

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp_9zwIaZQo

|%   |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-counts.
nc    : No Chord
/     : Break
                 nc
INTRO (Spoken): "Hello Johnny."

VERSE 1:

nc                 |D     |
Yes it's me and I'm lonely.
%                         |%    |
  I had to call you on the phone.
%       |G      |%    |
  Woh-oh-oh now, baby,
                     /
A (x02220@1)                 |A7
don't leave me all a-lone.

VERSE 2:

nc                    |D      |
Don't you know I got a feelin'.
%                 |%    |
  I wanna hold you tight.
%       |G      |%    |
  Woh-oh-oh now, baby,
A7 (x02020@1)                  |D    |
really gonna treat you right.

CHORUS:

G7 (320001@1)               |%           |
  I had to call you on the phone.
D (xx0232@1)              |%
Come on over, I'm all alone.
      |E7
When I look into your eyes,
     |E7
baby, then I realize,
  /     /         /     /
  D (xx0232@1)  |E7        D (xx0232@1)  |E7
I get a thrill, I get a chill,
  /     /        /
  D (xx0232@1)  |E7      |A7
I get a mm...mm, yeah.

VERSE 3:

nc                         |D     |
Don't you know I'm blue and lonely.
%                      |%    |
  I need your lovin' al-ways.
%       |G      |%
  Woh-oh-oh now, baby,
   |A7                      |D    |
I'm yours for the rest of my days.

INTERMEZZO: |D    |%    |%    |%    |G    |%      |
            |D    |%    |A7   |G7   |D    |D  D7 (xx0212@1)|

CHORUS:

G (320003@1)                |%           |
  I had to call you on the phone.
D (xx0232@1)              |%
Come on over, I'm all alone.
      |E7
When I look into your eyes,
     |E7
baby, then I realize,
  /     /         /     /
  D (xx0232@1)  |E7        D (xx0232@1)  |E7
I get a thrill, I get a chill,
  /     /        /
  D (xx0232@1)  |E7      |A7
I get a mm...mm, yeah.

VERSE 4:

nc                         |D     |
Don't you know I'm blue and lonely.
%                      |%    |
  I need your lovin' al-ways.
%       |G      |%
  Woh-oh-oh now, baby,
   |A7                      |D    |
I'm yours for the rest of my days.

OUTRO:

|A7                      |D    |
I'm yours for the rest of my days.
                                      /    /
   |G             |A          |A7    |D    D|
I'm yours, for the rest, of my da  -  ys.

(Spoken):
 nc
"Okay Johnny, I'll call you again tomorrow, bye."

"Bye baby."

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