Telephone Call From Istanbul
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Telephone Call From Istanbul ? Tom Waits
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This is a simple version in the same key as the version on "Frank's Wild Years",
with complete lyrics. It owes a lot to Todd Olsen's tab, so thanks for the cues!
F#m
All night long on the broken glass
Bm
livin in a medicine chest
C#
mediteromanian hotel back
F#m
sprawled across a roll top desk
F#m
the monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan
Bm
they paint the donkey blue if you pay
C#
I got a telephone call from Istanbul
F#m
my baby's coming home today
Chorus:
Bm7
will you sell me one of those if I shave my head
E
get me out of town is what fireball said
A
never trust a man in a blue trench coat
A
never drive a car when you're dead
Bm
Saturday's a festival Friday's a gem
C#
dye your hair yellow and raise your hem
F#m
follow me to beulah's on dry creek road
BC#
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed
Repeat chorus followed by:
F#m
take me down to buy a tux on red rose bear
Bm
got to cut a hole in the day
C#
I got a telephone call from Istanbul
F#m
my baby's coming home today
Repeat chorus