Hanging On The Telephone

artist:Blondie

, writer:Jack Lee

Chords:

 {t:Hanging On The Telephone }
{artist:Blondie}
{key: Am}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhkbDMISl8  But in Gm
{c: Thanks to Chris Turner  } 
I'm in the phone booth, it's the [F] one across the hall
[Am] If you don't answer, I'll just [F] ring it off the wall
[Am] I know he's there but [F] I just gotta call
 
Don't leave me [F] hanging on the [G] tele-[Am/C]-pho[Amadd9]-o[Am]-one
Don't leave me [F] hanging on the [G] tele-[Am]-phone
 
[Am] I heard your mother now she's [F] going out the door
[Am] Did she go to work or [F] just go to the store
[Am] All those things she said, I [F] told you to ignore
 
Oh, why can't we [Dm] talk again [Am]
Oh, why can't we [Dm] talk again [Am]
Oh, why can't we [Dm] talk again...
 
Don't leave me [F] hanging on the [G] tele-[Am/C]-pho[Amadd9]-o[Am]-one
Don't leave me [F] hanging on the [G] tele-[Am]-phone
 
[Am] It's good to hear your voice, you [F] know it's been so long
[Am] If I don't get your call then [F] everything goes wrong
[Am] I want to tell you something [F] you've known all along
Don't leave me hanging on the [G] tele-[Am]-pho[Am]-o[Am]-one
[F] (da, da da da da) [Am]/// / x2 [Am]/// / 
[F]* [Em]* [C]* [G]* [Am]// // // [Am]*
 
I had to interrupt and [F] stop this conversation
[Am] Your voice across the line gives [F] me a strange sensation
[Am] I'd like to talk when I can [F] show you my affection
 
Oh, I can't con-[Dm]-trol myself [Am]
Oh, I can't con-[Dm]-trol myself [Am]
Oh, I can't con-[Dm]-trol myself
 
Don't leave me [F] hanging on the [G] tele-[Am/C]-pho[Amadd9]-o[Am]-one
Hang [F] up and run to me
 
[Am] Wha-oah, hang [F] up and run to me
[Am] Wha-oah, hang [F] up and run to me
[Am] Wha-oah, hang [F] up and run to me
[Am] Whoah oh oh [F] oh run to me
[F]*  [Em]// [C]// [G]/ [Am]*

Song Info

Title: Hanging On The Telephone

Artist: Blondie

Writer: Jack Lee

Song Types: Pop, Rock

Key: Am

Info: "Hanging on the Telephone" is a song written by Jack Lee. The song was released in 1976 by his short-lived US West Coast power pop band the Nerves; in 1978, it was recorded and released as a single by American new wave band Blondie.

Blondie had discovered the song on a cassette tape compilation given to the band by Jeffrey Lee Pierce. Beginning with a phone sound-effect courtesy of producer Mike Chapman, Blondie's version of the song was released on the band's breakthrough third album, Parallel Lines. The single was a top five hit on the UK singles chart and has since seen critical acclaim as one of the band's best songs.

"Hanging on the Telephone" was originally written by Jack Lee for his band, the Nerves. The song appeared as the lead-off track on the Nerves's 1976 EP; however, the release was a commercial failure and became the group's only release. Long after the song's eventual commercial success, Lee reflected "Even people who hated me � and there were plenty � had to admit it was great.

The song was later popularized by new wave band Blondie, who covered the track on their 1978 album, Parallel Lines. The band discovered the song after Jeffrey Lee Pierce of the Gun Club sent the band a cassette of the track. Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry explained:

We were playing it in the back of a taxicab in Tokyo, and the taxicab driver started tapping his hand on the steering wheel. When we came back to the US, we found that the Nerves weren't together anymore and we said, 'Gee, we should record this.'

Lee had been financially struggling at the time; he recalled the moment the band called him to ask permission to cover the song. "I remember the day vividly. It was a Friday. They were going to cut off our electricity at six o'clock, the phone too." The band also performed a version of the Lee-penned track, "Will Anything Happen", on Parallel Lines.

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Hanging On The Telephone

artist:Blondie

, writer:Jack Lee

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