Chords with lyrics
🎸 Intro:
A minorAm E/B Am7Am7 D MajorD G minorGm D MajorD Gm7Gm7 C7C7 FF Dm7Dm7 G7G7 C9C9
🎸 Verse 1:
FF BbmBbm FF Dm7Dm7 Gm7Gm7 C7C7
I put a nickel in the telephone, dialed my baby's number
FF Gm7Gm7 C7C7 FF Db7Db7 C7C7
Got a brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line
FF BbmBbm FF Dm7Dm7 Gm7Gm7 C7C7
Each time I tried I got a busy tone, not my baby's number
FF Gm7Gm7 C7C7 FF Cm7Cm7 FF
Just a brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line
F7F7 Bb majorBb BbmBbm
Called his uncle in Jamaica
FF C7C7 F7F7
Left a message with the baker
Bb majorBb Bbmin FF C7C7 F7F7
Even checked the number in the telephone book
Bb majorBb BbmBbm
Got so awfully, awfully worried
FF F7F7 D7D7
To my baby's house I hurried
Dm7Dm7 G7G7 C7C7 Db7Db7 C7C7
When I looked inside, the phone was off the hook
🎸 Verse 2:
FF BbmBbm
And as I walked up to my baby - then
FF Dm7Dm7 G7G7 C7C7
I got my baby's number
FF Bb majorBb A augmentedA F7F7
He was busy in the parlor doing fine
Bb majorBb D7D7 Gm7Gm7 C7C7
Busy kissing someone else
FF Gm7Gm7
While I was keeping busy
C7C7 FF Gm7Gm7 FF C7C7 FF
Getting a brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line