"The Red Telephone"
(Arthur Lee)

Intro:

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Verse 1:

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Sitting on a hillside
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Watching all the people die
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I'll feel much better on the other side
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I'll bum a ride

Verse 2/3:

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

Bridge:

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Life goes on here
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Day after day
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I don't know if I am living or if I'm
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Supposed to be
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Sometimes my life is so eerie
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And if you think I'm happy
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Paint me (white)
(yellow)

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

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:]
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ahh....

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

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

[continue with Am-A progression to fade]

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

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers