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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telephone Call From Istanbul – Tom Waits ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: cg10 This is a simple version in the same key as the version on "Frank's Wild Years", with complete lyrics. It owes a lot to Todd Olsen's tab, so thanks for the cues! [F# minorF#m] All night long on the broken glass [B minorBm] livin in a medicine chest [C#C#] mediteromanian hotel back [F# minorF#m] sprawled across a roll top desk [F# minorF#m] the monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan [B minorBm] they paint the donkey blue if you pay [C#C#] I got a telephone call from Istanbul [F# minorF#m] my baby's coming home today Chorus: [Bm7Bm7] will you sell me one of those if I shave my head [E MajorE] get me out of town is what fireball said [A augmentedA] never trust a man in a blue trench coat [A augmentedA] never drive a car when you're dead [B minorBm] Saturday's a festival Friday's a gem [C#C#] dye your hair yellow and raise your hem [F# minorF#m] follow me to beulah's on dry creek road [C#C#] I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed Repeat chorus followed by: [F# minorF#m] take me down to buy a tux on red rose bear [B minorBm] got to cut a hole in the day [C#C#] I got a telephone call from Istanbul [F# minorF#m] my baby's coming home today
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