Western Union Man chords by Max Merritt

Chords with lyrics

Intro: (Chords & Riff for SAX & Guitar)
      Bb majorBb     FF       G+G     C7C7
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------3---3--------------|
E MajorE|--8--6--6--/-6--5--5-/-5--3--3--/--3--5----------5---3------|


Refrain:

C7C7
Hey, western union man
Send a telegram, to my baby

Bb majorBb
Send a telegram, send a telegram

    G minorGm          C7C7
Come on man, send it on to my baby

Verse 1:
This is what I want you to do. (Spoken ad-lib)


C7C7
Tell her that I'm all alone,
I tried to call her on the phone,
Tell her I'm in misery ,
And think she's avoiding me.

FF
And if the telegram won't do,

DmDm
   Send a box of candy too,

C7C7
   And maybe some flowers,
Tell her that I missed her for hours and hours.

Bb majorBb
Send a telegram, send a telegram

    G minorGm          C7C7
Come on man, send it on to my baby
Ah, this is what I want you to do.

Chorus:

Cmaj7Cmaj7
Western union man, send a telegram,

FF           Cmaj7Cmaj7
Send a telegram to my ba—by.
Western union man, send a telegram,

Bb majorBb
Send a telegram, send a telegram,

    G minorGm             C majorC
Come on send it… send it on to my baby,

Verse 2:
This is what I want you to do (Spoken ad-lib)

C7C7
Have you got a boy you can send,

FF
This is what I want him to do,

C7C7
Put him on his bike right away
If he can get my message through

FF        DmDm
Maybe tomorrow,  maybe right away ,

C7C7
I want the girl to know that I miss her,

FF
Something like yesterday.

Bb majorBb
Send a telegram, send a telegram,

    G minorGm          C7C7
Come on man, send it on to my baby
Oh make it alright


Chorus:

Cmaj7Cmaj7
Western union man, send a telegram,

FF           Cmaj7Cmaj7
Send a telegram to my ba—by.
Western union man, send a telegram,

Bb majorBb
Send a telegram, send a telegram,

    G minorGm           C majorC
Come on man… send it on to my baby,


Instrumental:
      Bb majorBb     FF       G+G     C7C7
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------3---3--------------| x2
E MajorE|--8--6--6--/-6--5--5-/-5--3--3--/--3--5----------5---3------|


Chorus:

Cmaj7Cmaj7
Western union man, send a telegram,

FF           Cmaj7Cmaj7
Send a telegram to my ba—by.
Western union man, send a telegram,

Bb majorBb
Send a telegram, send a telegram,

    G minorGm           C majorC
Come on man… send it on to my baby,


Outro:
Ad-LIB / Bluesy FREE-STYLE using random parts of lyrics.


FINAL: --> Repeat Intro Riff once. (Abrupt Ending!)
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YOUTUBE - LIVE PERFORMANCE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0oCmPUrx1Q

YOUTUBE - COMMERCIAL RECORDING.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiPvf2e1X18