Telephone Road chords by Rodney Crowell

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

TELEPHONE ROAD (Rodney Crowell)

Intro:
 B   (x8)


Verse:
B                                     E
Rain came down in endless sheets of thunder
B                                         E
Lightening bolts split pine trees down to the roots
              G#m
In the  shadow of the astrodome
            E
With a hurricane coming on strong
                   G#m                                   F# B F#
We used to hit the streets and go swimming in our birthday suits

Verse 2:
B                               E
Skiing in a bar ditch behind a moped
B                                      E
Thirteen stitches on the corner of a sardine can
                 G#m                       E
We were dirt poor Houston kids our whole family living on the skids
               G#m                                   F# B F#
But we always had a nickel for the coming of the ice cream man


Chorus 1:
B
Mosquito truck blowing out DDT
G#m
Barefoot heathens running wild and free
E
Air raid buzzer at a noonday scream
C#m           F#                 E             E
Living in a dream on telephone  road       Guitar Riff


Verse 3:
B                                                       E
I used to love them cherry cokes down at the princess drive-in
B                                                E
The cheeseburgers taste so good I like to come untied
                          G#m                    E
There’s a chinaberry tree I remember I used to climb in and out my window
                   G#m                            F#    B   F#
The night I left was on the day before my grandma died


Chorus 2:
B
Sawdust spread out on a Dance Hall floor
G#m
Juke box ripping at an all out roar
E
Barmaid smiling at a ten cent tip
C#m           F#m                E
Living is a  trip on telephone road


Bridge:
G#m                                     E
Magnolia garden bandstand on the very front  row
G#m                                                  F#
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and the killer putting on a show
C#m                                      E
Six years old and barely off my daddys knees
G#m                                                               F#
When those rockabilly rebels sent the devil running right through me


Chorus 3:
B
Drive in movie in the trunk of my car
G#m
One eyed sailor in an ice house bar
E
Split shine Charlie and ol’ peg leg bill
C#m                     F#                 E
Are dressed up fit to   kill on telephone  road


Outro:
G#m        B
Telephone road
E
Telephone road
G#m                  F#
Barbeque and beer on ice
G#m                F#
A salty watermelon slice
G#m                     F#
At the Little Taste of  Paradise
              E
On telephone road
G#
Telephone road