The Red Telephone
(Arthur Lee)

Last Update: 03. oktober 2003

PLEASE NOTE
This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.

Intro:

   acoustic 12-string:

   Cmaj7           Am    G      F#7            F     F#
          /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

   C            Am  G  F#7
        Sitting on a hillside
                          F F#   D
        Watching all the people die
              G         C             E     A
        I'll feel much better on the other side
                     (Am)
        I'll thumb a ride

   Am                  G      F#7            F    F#
        /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Verse 2/3:

   I believe in magic
        Why, because it is so quick
        I don't need power when I'm hypnotized
                    Am    G
        Look in my eyes
        F#7                  F  F#
        What are you seeing (I see...)
                     D
        How do you feel?
               (...you)
           G         C             E      A
        I feel real phony when my name is   Phil
                     Am    G  F#7   F  F#
        Or was that Bill?

   Cmaj7
          /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Bridge:

   BbaddE [xx8760]    AaddB [xx7657]     [2X]
           /  /  /  /        /  /  /  /

   BbaddE       AaddB
        Life goes on here
        BbaddE    AaddB
        Day after day
        E           Fmaj7
        I don't know if I am living or if I'm
        C           E
        Supposed to be
        D                          C
          Sometimes my life is so eerie
        D
          And if you think I'm happy
         C   G/B    A
        Paint me (white)
                 (yellow)

   BbaddE             AaddB        [2X]
           /  /  /  /        /  /  /  /

   I've been here once
        I've been here twice
        I don't know if the third's the fourth or if the -
        The fifth's to fix
        Sometimes I deal with numbers
        And if you wanna count me
        Count me out

[repeat intro w/bass and drums]

Verse 4:

   I don't need the time of day
        Anytime with me's OK
        I just don't want you using up my time
                           [Am]
        'Cause that's not right

Coda:

   [repeat 3X:]
        Am                A
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
                          ahh....

   [repeat 3X:]
                 Am
        They're locking them up today
        They're throwing away the key
          A
        I wonder who it'll be tomorrow, you or me?

   Am
           We're all normal and we want our freedom
        A                                 
        Freedom... freedom... freedom... freedom
        Am                                A
        Freedom... freedom... freedom... freedom

   [continue with Am - A progression as above, to fade]

   (spoken:) Alla God's chilluns gotta have dere freedom

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers