Chords for Glen Curtin Tears On The Telephone ( the Original and BEST Version )

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[Cm] _ [D] _ [Eb] Say listen, your mommy [Bb] is she home?
Please tell her [Eb] there's somebody _ on the telephone.
[Fm] _ [Gm] [Ab] I've _ phoned [Bb] before, she's in the back.
I'll call her from [Eb] the door, but she can't come to the phone, I'm sure.
[Dm] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] Ask her to please me, tell her it's [Eb] quite important.
_ Just go and see.
[E] _ [F] _ Do you want something from my mama?
Each time she hears you ring, [Bb] she always says, shh, tell my mat in.
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Tell me, are you [Bb] enjoying school?
Now I [Eb] suppose you're learning _ the golden [Db] rule.
Oh [Eb] yes, [Ab] school is a little way away.
Because [Bb] mommy works, the neighbor takes me there each day.
[Eb] Sometimes a friend's daddy jokes with me, cause I don't [Dm] know daddy [Cm] you see.
[Bb] Oh tell her, it's been long, six years of [Eb] loneliness.
_ That's how old you are I [E] guess.
[F] Oh no, I'm five no more.
But you must have known my mommy before.
She [Bb] never told me her name though.
Hold on, don't [Eb] go.
Tears on [Ab] the _ _ [Bb] telephone, _ I [Gm] try _ _ [Cm] pretending. _
Her [Fm] voice is _ kissing [Bb] mine, as [Eb] we make love _ along the line.
[Gm] Tears on [Ab] the _ _ _ [Bb] telephone, my [Gm] dream is _ _ [Cm] ending.
Oh [Fm] not so _ long [Bb] ago, she [Eb] loved me so.
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[Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] This summer, you go to [Bb] Saint Tropez, the same old [Eb] grand hotel there.
Do you swim each [Db] day?
[Eb] [Ab] I'm a good swimmer, I love [Bb] the sand as well.
But tell me, how [Eb] do you know about the grand hotel?
When did you stay at Saint Tropez?
[Cm] _ [Bb] Oh tell [Bb] her, I need you, I love [Eb] the two of you.
Yes, the two of you.
_ [F] Busto, I've never set eyes on you.
Is there something wrong?
You're [Bb] talking differently.
Oh don't cry, don't [Eb] cry.
Tears on [Ab] the _ _ [Bb] telephone, _ I [Gm] try _ _ _ [Cm] pretending.
Her [Fm] voice is kissing [Bb] _
mine, as we [Eb] make love along the line.
[G] Tears on [Ab] the _ _ [Bb] telephone, _ my [Gm] dream is _ _ [Cm] ending.
Oh not [Fm] so long [Bb] ago, she loved [Eb] me so.
I didn't mean to cry.
Tears on [Ab] the _ _ [Bb] telephone, but [Gm] it's goodbye _ _ [Cm] now.
For I'll [Fm] be _ [Bb] on a flight, [Eb] leaving tonight.
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[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] Goodbye [Eb] little one. _ _
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