Touch-Tone Telephone Chords

by Lemon Demon
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Added transitional chords between basic ones compared to other version (as in original), capo 3 makes fast changing chords easier, adjusted timing of chords.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Cm
Capo: 3rd fret
Author mateo.siciarek [a] 361. Last edit on Jun 7, 2024

Chords

F
G
Am
C
A7
Dm

Strumming

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CAPO 3rd FRET
 
[Intro]
 
F G Am G
C A7 Dm A7 Dm C
F G Am G
C A7 Dm A7 Dm
 
F G Am G        |
C A7 Dm A7 Dm C | x3
 
F G Am G
C A7 Dm
 
[Verse 1]
A7 Dm   C    F    G Am
I think it's time
        G  C    A7 Dm
For you to know
A7  Dm C  F     G Am
The awful truth
G   C               A7      Dm    A7    Dm  C
The truth about me, and the truth about you
               F                 G
Cause you're a brand new species
Am       G
 Big cat
C            A7
 Space Nazis
Dm A7     Dm    C
   Robert Stack
F           G
 God damn it,
Am          G
 Gonna snap
C             A7
 Leonard Nimoy,
Dm A7      Dm         C
   Call me back (Call me back)
 
[Chorus]
F                  G     Am
 I try to call you every day
               G       C
I'm rehearsing what to say
               A7    Dm   A7    Dm   C   F
When the truth comes out (Of my very own mouth)
                  G    Am
I've been working on a unified theory
G    C                       A7   Dm     A7    Dm      C
If I make it through tonight everybody's gonna hear me out
F                    G   Am G
 Cause I'm the right one
C            A7    Dm    A7   Dm  C
 On my touch-tone, touch-tone telephone
F             G   Am G
 I'm the only one
C          A7 Dm A7 Dm  C
 On your A.M., A.M. radio
 
[Verse 2]
F  G
Oh,
Am        G   C   A7 Dm
   I'm crying now
A7 Dm C   F     G Am G
Authentic tears
     C              A7     Dm    A7    Dm
They flow out of me when I think about you
      C          F           G      Am
Cause you're the only person in the world who'd understand
      G          C                  A7          Dm   A7        Dm      C
Cause you're the only person in the world who'd understand the meaning of this
F   G   Am  G
  Oh My God
  C                 A7 Dm    A7       Dm     C
I try and I try and I try to make you listen to me
 
[Chorus]
F                  G     Am
 I try to call you every day
               G       C
I'm rehearsing what to say
               A7    Dm   A7    Dm   C   F
When the truth comes out (Of my very own mouth)
                  G    Am
I've been working on a unified theory
G    C                       A7   Dm     A7    Dm      C
If I make it through tonight everybody's gonna hear me out
F                    G   Am G
 Cause I'm the right one
C            A7    Dm    A7   Dm  C
 On my touch-tone, touch-tone telephone
F             G   Am G
 I'm the only one
C          A7 Dm A7 Dm  C
 On your A.M., A.M. radio
 
[Intermision]
Am
 
 
[Bridge]
F              G     Am          G
 Don't hang up yet, I'm not done
C         A7   Dm A7      Dm  C
 I'm an expert,   I'm the one
F        G       Am              G
 The one who was right all along
C             A7      Dm A7   Dm    C
 Better to be laughed at than wrong
F         G   Am           G
 I'm an expert in my field
C     A7  Dm        A7  Dm   C
 UFOlogy, yes, it's all real
F              G Am            G
 Ancient aliens, it's all true
C         A7  Dm    A7   Dm
 I'm an expert just like you
    C    F            G   Am              G
And like you, I'm a genius before my time
C        A7    Dm         A7   Dm    C
 Disbelieving, that's the real crime
F            G       Am          G
 Pretty soon they'll discover me
C             A7 Dm A7 Dm  C
 In the Super-Sargasso Sea
 
 
[Chorus]
F N.C.                    Am N.C.
  I try to call you every day
           C
What can I say
               A7    Dm   A7    Dm   C   F
When the truth comes out (Of my very own mouth)
                  G    Am
I've been working on a unified theory
G    C                       A7   Dm     A7    Dm      C
If I make it through tonight everybody's gonna hear me out
F                    G   Am G
 Cause I'm the right one
C            A7    Dm    A7   Dm  C
 On my touch-tone, touch-tone telephone
F             G   Am G
 I'm the only one
C          A7 Dm A7 Dm  C
 On your A.M., A.M. radio
 
[Outro]
 
F G Am G
C A7 Dm A7 Dm C
F G Am G
C A7 Dm A7 Dm
 
F G Am G        |
C A7 Dm A7 Dm C | x4
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