Telephone Road Chords by Steve Earle

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_ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
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My [Am] brother Jimmy, [A] my other brother [F]
Jack,
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On and off [Am] down to Houston, [G] never [F] come back.
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_ Mama [Am] wasn't gonna let [G] her baby go [F]
yet,
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But there ain't [Am] nobody hiring [G] back in the [F] lot, babe.
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_ Working [Am] all week for [G] a [F] Texaco check,
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_ Sun [Am] beating down [G] on the back of [F] my neck.
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Try to [Am] save my money, [G] but Jimmy says [F]
no,
_ [C] Said _ [F] _ _ _
he got a [Am] little honey on [G] _ [F] Telephone Road.
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[Bb] Come on, [Am] come on, [Gm] come on, [F] let's go.
_ It's too [Am] easy and [F] your mama won't know.
[Bb] Come on, [Am] come on, [Gm] come on, [F] let's go.
_ [C] Everybody's rocking [Bb] on Telephone Road.
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
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_ _ [Am] Telephone Road's [G] ten miles [F]
long.
Come on, [C] come on, [F] come on, let's go.
Fifty [Am] car lots [G] and a hundred [F] honky-tonks.
Come on, [C] come on, [F] come on. _
_ _ [Am] Jukebox blasting [G] and the beer [F] bottles ring.
Come on, [C] come on, [F] come on, let's go.
Jimmy banging on [G] the [F] pinball machine.
Come on, [C] come on, [F] come on, _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] let's go.
_ It's too easy and your mama won't know.
[Bb] Come on, [Am] come on, come on, [F] let's go.
_ _ [C] Everybody's rocking on [F] Telephone Road.
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_ Mama [Am] never told me [G] about nothing [F] like this.
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I guess she's [Am] about as big [G] as the city [F] can get.
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_ Sometimes [Am] I get [G] lonesome for life, [F] I hear.
Come on, [C] come on, [F] come on, let's go.
Someday I'm [Am] going home, [G] but I ain't [F] ready yet.
Come on, [C] come on, [F] come _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] on, [F] let's go.
_ It's too [C] easy and [F] your momma won't know.
[Bb] Come on, [Am] come on, [Gm] come on, [F] let's go.
_ _ [C] Everybody's rocking [F] on Telephone Road.
[Bb] Come on, [Am] come on, [Gm] come on, [F] let's go.
It's too [C] easy and your [F] momma won't know.
[Bb] _ [Am] Come on, come on, [Gm] come on, [F] let's go.
_ _ [C] Everybody's [F] rockin' out telephone [Bb] rope.
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