Touch-tone Telephone chords by Lemon Demon

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

Bm D Em G Bm D Em D x 4

Verse 1:
Em      G
I think it's time
F#m     D
For you to know
Em     G   Bm
The awful truth
   D            Em
The truth about me, and the truth about you
        G
Cause you're a brand new species
Bm
Big cat
D

Space Nazis
Em
Robert Stack
D  F#m   Bm
God damn it, gonna snap
D       Em
Leonard Nimoy, Call me back (Call me back)

Chorus:
G            Bm
I try to call you every day
            D
I'm rehearsing what to say
           Em          G
When the truth comes out (Of my very own mouth)
            Bm
I've been working on a unified theory
   D              Em
If I make it through tonight everybody's gonna hear me out
G            Bm
Cause I'm the right one
D         Em
On my touch-tone, touch-tone telephone
G        Bm
I'm the only one
D       Em
On your A.M., A.M. radio

Verse 2:
G  Bm      D
Oh,  I'm crying now
Em     G
Authentic tears
   D           Em
They flow out of me when I think about you
         G         Bm
Cause you're the only person in the world who'd understand
         D               Em             G
Cause you're the only person in the world who'd understand the meaning of this
   Bm
Oh My God
 D                       G
I try and I try and I try to make you listen to me

Chorus:
G            Bm
I try to call you every day
            D
I'm rehearsing what to say
           Em          G
When the truth comes out (Of my very own mouth)
            Bm
I've been working on a unified theory
   D              Em
If I make it through tonight everybody's gonna hear me out
G            Bm
Cause I'm the right one
D         Em
On my touch-tone, touch-tone telephone
G        Bm
I'm the only one
D       Em
On your A.M., A.M. radio

Verse 3:
G         Bm
Don't hang up yet, I'm not done
D       Em
I'm an expert, I'm the one
G        Bm
The one who was right all along
D        Em         G
Better to be laughed at than wrong
       Bm
I'm an expert in my field
D    Em
UFOlogy, yes, it's all real
G        Bm
Ancient aliens, it's all true
D       Em
I'm an expert just like you
     G         Bm
And like you, I'm a genius before my time
D       Em
Disbelieving, that's the real crime
G           Bm    D       Em
Pretty soon they'll discover me in the Super-Sargasso Sea

Chorus:
G            Bm
I try to call you every day
            D
I'm rehearsing what to say
           Em          G
When the truth comes out (Of my very own mouth)
            Bm
I've been working on a unified theory
   D              Em
If I make it through tonight everybody's gonna hear me out
G            Bm        D
Cause I'm the right one, on my touch-tone telephone
D         Em
On my touch-tone, touch-tone telephone
G        Bm      D
I'm the only one, on your A.M radio
D       Em
On your A.M., A.M. radio

Outro:

Bm D Em G Bm D Em D x 4