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"Western Union"
(Rabon - Ezell - Durrill)

Intro:

organ: D5 (4 bars; fades in)

guitar (2X alone; 2X after bass and drums enter)

DD Piano Chord 
               Dsus4Dsus4 Piano Chord 

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-------5---------|-------5---------
-----7-----7-----|-----8-----8-----
---7---------7---|---7---------7---
-0---------------|-0---------------
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Verse 1:

DD Piano Chord 
          Dsus4Dsus4 Piano Chord 

Things went wrong today
DD Piano Chord 
       Dsus4Dsus4 Piano Chord 

Bad news came my way
DD Piano Chord 
     Dsus4Dsus4 Piano Chord 

I woke up to find
DD Piano Chord 
           Dsus4Dsus4 Piano Chord 

A wire that blew my mind

D  Dsus4  [1, 4: 2X; 2, 3: 1X  5: to coda]

Verse 2:

Western Union man
Bad news in his hand
Knocking at my door
Selling me the score

Verse 3:

Fifteen cents a word to read
A telegram I didn't need
Said she didn't care no more
Think I'll throw it on the floor

Bridge 1:

BmBm Piano Chord 
              EE Piano Chord 

Got your cable just today
BmBm Piano Chord 
                      EE Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 
  Dsus4Dsus4 Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  Dsus4Dsus4 Piano Chord 

Killed my groove, I've got to say, hey

[1, 3: to refrain  2: to solo]

Refrain:

E        A [N.C.]
/ / / /  /
(...hey)   Western Union

(acapella; high voice holds A; low voice alternates A and G):

Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-da-da

(band enters)

DD Piano Chord 
              Dsus4Dsus4 Piano Chord 

Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-da-da
DD Piano Chord 
              Dsus4Dsus4 Piano Chord 

Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-da-da

Verse 4:

Now you've gone away and
How it's sad to say you've gone
I remember what they said
Now I'm going out of my head

Bridge 2:

Telegram just had to say
You've learned your lesson all the way, hey

Organ solo:

D       Dsus4        [4X]
/ / / /  / / / /

[repeat bridge 2]

[repeat refrain]

Verse 5:

I'll be on my way 'cause
There's another girl for me
I'll be sure of her and
Things'll be as they were

Coda (repeat to fade):

DD Piano Chord 
              Dsus4Dsus4 Piano Chord 

Da-da-da-da-da  da-da-da-da-da

(Western Union, oh Western Union)

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers