INTRO (Em D)
C B C B
Grandfather watches the grandfather clock and the phone hasn?t rang for so long
C B C B
And the time flies by like a vulture in the sky, suddenly he breaks into song.
G Am Em D G Am Em D
I?m waiting by the phone, waiting for you to call me up and tell me I?m not alone
G Am Em D G Am Em D
Waiting by the phone, waiting for you to call me up and tell me I?m not alone.
C B C B
Hello, speak up, is there somebody there? These hang-ups are getting me down
C B C B
In a world frozen over with overexposure, let?s talk it over, let?s go out and paint the town.
G Am Em D G Am Em D
I?m waiting by the phone, waiting for you to call me up and tell me I?m not alone.
C B Am C B Am C B Am
?Cause I… want somebody to shove, I need somebody to shove, I want somebody
C
to shove me.
SOLO (Em D)
C B C
You?re a dream for insomniacs, prize in the CrackerJacks, all the difference in the world
B
is just a call away.
G Am Em D G Am Em D
And I?m waiting by the phone, waiting for you to call me up and tell me I?m not alone.
G Am Em D
Yes, I?m waiting by the phone, I?m waiting for you to call me,
G Am Em D
Come call me and tell me I?m, tell me I?m not alone
C B Am C B Am C B Am
?Cause I… want somebody to shove, I need somebody to shove, I want somebody
C
to shove me
B Am C B Am C B Am
Yes I… want somebody to shove, I need somebody to shove, I want somebody to…
C
shhhhove me.
OUTRO (Em D) (C G)
Transcribed by Frank Howell and Frank Gilbert (pride of Quebec). Please send
suggestions on how to improve any of this and information that lead to me a seeing Soul
Asylum in person, as I have been hoping for that opportunity for a long time.
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