Baby Hotline chords by Jack Stauber

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Cm

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
D
Baby Hotline
A       E
Please hold me close to you
D
Baby flat-line
A       E
Still time to do it too
D

Baby snack time
A      E
Chow down to earth but in your head
C         G
She's a hoarder of quarters
D        A
And no boundary boredom-dum
E
Boundary boredom

Chorus:
Em       C       D      G
I contend that your drinking eye has never opened
Em     C       D
I insist somebody will die
      G
And I hate hoping
Em        C        D
Wishing that the pills let you cry
      G
And I hate coping
Em       C       D
Someday I will go back outside
      G
And see her okay

Am G repeat
Break:

  Am
(Hotline!)
      G
Hung up and put on hold!
   Am
(Hotline!)
      G
My line is getting cold!
   Am
(Hotline!)
      G
Hung up and put on hold!
   Am
(Hotline!)
"Oh, uh, I'll try again"

Verse 2:
D
Baby Hotline
A        E
Please dial "9" to get out!
D
No flat-line
A       E
What were you scared about?
D      D
Baby sat by and felt the wind
E         C        G
At least I called her a hoarder of quarters
D        A
And no boundary boredom-dum
E
Boundary boredom!

Chorus:
Em       C       D      G
I contend that your drinking eye has never opened
Em     C       D
I insist somebody will die
      G
And I hate hoping
Em        C        D
Wishing that the pills let you cry
      G
And I hate coping
Em       C       D
Someday I will go back outside
      G
And see her okay

Break:

  Am
(Hotline!)
      G
Hung up and put on hold!
   Am
(Hotline!)
      G
My line is getting cold!
   Am
(Hotline!)
      G
Hung up and put on hold!
   Am
(Hotline!)
"Oh, uh, I'll try again"

Bridge:
C     F
Numb, feel burning with haste
C              F
And I'm realizing now it's a terrible waste
C           F
I feel numb, I've been burning with haste
C              F
And I'm realizing now what a terrible waste
C           F
I feel numb, I've been burning with haste
C              F
And I'm realizing now it's a terrible waste
C           F
I feel numb, I've been burning with haste
C              F
And I'm realizing now it's a terrible waste
C      F
I feel numb
(REPEAT C AND F)

Verse 3:
C       F
Sunbathe 'til morning time
C          F
And your e-eyes will open wide
C    F
Oh baby nevermind
    C      F
And my si-ight will run and hide

Verse 4:
F    G
I can say
C     Am
Oh wrap it in with cinnamon
(What about...)
F     G
I've been dead
C     Am
Oh wrap the trouble now (Ha Ha!)
F   G
I feel so good
C     Am
Ring won't bend (And you did it)
F    G
Thinking bent, oh
C             Am
I won't stay more anymore, oh I don't even think about it

Outro:
F    Em
Oh you know I don't
F   Em
Oh you know I don't
F   Em
Oh you know I don't
F   Em
Oh you know I don't

REPEAT C Cm and G:
I hate hoping, Oh-oh-oh
I hate hoping, Oh-oh-oh
I hate hoping, Oh-oh-oh
I hate hoping, Oh-oh-oh