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Telephone Call From Istanbul by Tom Waits - Guitar Chords

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                  Telephone Call From Istanbul – Tom Waits
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Tabbed by: cg10
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!

[Verse]
[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
  [Bm]                        [C#]
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 
        

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• Clap Hands
• Cold Cold Ground
• Cold Water
• Come On Up To The House
• Diamonds And Gold
• Dirt In The Ground
• Downtown Train
• Drunk On The Moon
• Falling Down
• Fumblin With The Blues
• Georgia Lee
• Goin Out West
• Grapefruit Moon
• Green Grass
• Gun Street Girl
• Hang Down Your Head
• Hold On
• Hope I Dont Fall In Love With You
• House Where Nobody Lives
• I Dont Wanna Grow Up
• I Hope That I Dont Fall In Love With You
• I Want You
• Ice Cream Man
• Ill Be Gone
• In The Neighborhood
• Invitation To The Blues
• Jersey Girl
• Jesus Gonna Be Here
• Jockey Full Of Bourbon
• Little Trip To Heaven
• Long Way Home
• Martha
• New Coat Of Paint
• Ol 55
• Old Shoes And Picture Postcards
• On The Nickel
• Picture In A Frame
• Please Call Me Baby
• Ponchos Lament
• Rain Dogs
• Rosie
• Rubys Arms
• San Diego Serenade
• Shiver Me Timbers
• Singapore
• Soldiers Things
• Somewhere From West Side Story
• Swordfishtrombone
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• Tango Till Theyre Sore
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• Time
• Tom Trauberts Blues
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• Walking Spanish
• Way Down In The Hole
• Yesterday Is Here

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