Chords for Johnny Guitar Watson - Telephone Bill

_ _ Everybody [Ab] rappin' and talkin' [Cm] about nothin' and makin' [Fm] them sex sounds
And in the [Db] meantime and in between time, [F] I'm down here on the ground
Well now, I'm not complaining about [Eb] what's pertaining to my [Ab] present status quo
[F] But things gettin' hard, ooh my God, inflation, [Bb] I know you know, listen
Now just yesterday, I had to say before I got [F] out of my bed
Now I was all [Ab] retired on the for real side and [Eb] a few bills [F] I forgot to pay
[Dm] Now my phone rang and a cute [Eb] little girl, yeah, [E] Miss Dune
Said, Mr.
Watson, [Ab] I'd like to inform you, your phone [F] gets turned off at noon
[Ab] Now that came to me as [G] no surprise, cause last week [F] I went up the coast
I met [Ab] a cute little girl that was all the way live [F] and calling her I thought was the most
[Bb] She had them red big eyes and red [Eb] big legs and that gave [E] my body a chill
So you know I [G] never thought about the cost of no, [F]
a telephone bill
So [Bb] I just kept [Ab] on rapping, my hands kept clapping, having [Db] myself a ball
[Ab] You know it slipped my mind, at the same time I [Eb] was making all this call
[Bb] So now the day before [Dm] yesterday, I was just [Eb] making them [E] calls and hollers
And I picked up the [G] envelope that contained my bill, guess [Fm] what?
Five hundred dollars
Now [Ab] the next time I call [Gm] this big leg cutie to make [F] myself a date
I'm gonna call [G] that girl way after nine [Eb] and get me [F] the evening rate
[Bb] Now I ain't [D] gonna tell her, I [Eb] ain't telling her nothing, [Bb] blow my front [Gb] thing
But it'll be [Eb] way, way, way after nine when she [F] hear her [Bb] telephone ring
Ring it, ring it, [F] ring that telephone
_ Ring it, [Db] ring [Eb] it, ring that [Fm] telephone
[Bb] I said, ring it, ring [Eb] it, have [Em] yourself a thrill
And when you ring it, [F] ring it, watch your phone bill
Now I [Ab] paid the bill and the [G] deal was real and my talking [Eb] resumed and all
[Bb] I said, from now on, pal, I'm gonna [Eb] stick to my vocal chords
[Bb] Now a few weeks [D] passed and I was just [Eb] gassed, you know what [E] I'm talking about
I said, when I got [Abm] the bill, the thing was so low, I was [C] impressed, knocked me out
Now [Ab] shortly thereafter, something stopped my laughter, I was outside [Cm] digging in the yard
[F] Heard a ding and I heard a dong, it was [Eb] a phone, [Gbm] ooh my lord
[Bb] I said, I dropped my shell and my body, I [Eb] leveled and I made me a [Em] hundred yard dash
And then I [G] straightened up my clothes and I blew my nose through a [Eb] Kleenex in the trash
I [Ab] composed myself and I picked up the phone and I was still kinda hoovering and puffing
And the operator [Db] said, would you accept a collect call?
[Eb] I said, [Gb] ain't that nothing
[Bb] But I was [Dm] just cool, cause you know, I [Eb] didn't want to be no fool
And see, [Bb] I didn't know what it was, it was [Gb] the big black cutie from my opticals [F] telling me [Bb] that she was in love
Now [Ab] for three whole minutes I planned [C] to talk, now y'all know I ain't never lie
But in love [G] or not, I planned to stop when [Eb] that third candidate arrived
[Bb] And when three minutes passed, it occurred to [Eb] me, ooh, she [E] might talk a week
I said, I'm [G] sorry baby, but I gotta go, [Fm] she was [Bb] a telephone freak
She said, oh [Ab] Johnny, talk a little longer with you, I'm so in love
I [Abm] said, I know where you're coming from, I can dig it, I [E] got to go rehearse at the club
She [Bb] said, well if you got to go rehearse, I'll [Eb] call you later, there's something I got [E] to tell you that's on my mind
I [Gb] said, well yeah, okay baby, you can [C] call me back [Bb] anytime after nine
Ring it, ring [G] it, ring that [F] telephone, why [Ab] don't you ring it?
Ring it, [D] ring [F] that telephone, and [Bb] when you ring it, [Eb] ring it
Have yourself [Bb] a thrill, and ring it, [Gm] ring it, [C] and [Bb] watch your phone bill _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F] Ring it, ring that telephone, [Ab] _ and [C] _
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[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
when you ring [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
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[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Eb] it, [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] ring [C] it
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[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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