Letting The Telephone Ring Chords by Ani Difranco
Tempo:
63.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
Bm
D
G
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[D] [F#m] [G]
[Bm] I am letting the telephone ring
[E] Cuz I don't want to know why I
[D] Don't want to hear [F#m] you explain.
I don't want to [E] hear you
[G] I [Bm] have written so much about you so much.
I thought I [B] knew words like water used to flow
[D] Now what can I [F#m] possibly have to say [E] she is [G] someone I don't even know
She is someone I don't even know [Bm] and all the things that you've given to me I see now [E] was simply
reparations
[D] They were gifts of your guilt.
[F#m] They were my
[E] preparation
[G]
And I [Bm] know I should be mature [A] keep my feet on the floor [F#] for some reason I just [E] don't want them anymore
I know [Bm] this shouldn't be important compared to you and [Bm] I but I can still hear my questions and [E] I can still hear you
I
Can still hear you?
[B] I can still hear you
[Bm]
[B] [D] [F#m]
[G]
[Bm] Now vicariously I have a hurt in me
I want [E] to peel off my skin let the water wash in you [D] always said that I was hiding [F#m] that I was hiding from you
[E] You are capable [G] of things that I could not do you are capable of things
I could not do [Bm] and I remember how you pretended pretended to touch [D] me
I remember how I couldn't bring [Em] myself to believe [D] I remember wondering what was [F#m] wrong
What was [E] wrong?
[G] Be so naive
[E] How could I [G] be so naive?
How could I be so naive?
And [Bm] I know I should be mature [A] keep my feet on the floor [Bm] for some reason I [B] just can't take you anymore
I [Bm] know this shouldn't be important [D] compared to you and I but I [Bm] can still hear my questions [E] and I can still hear you
I can still hear you
[B] I can still hear you
[Bm] [E]
[D] [F#m] [G]
[E] [G]
So [Bm] now I'm letting the telephone ring, [E] cause I don't wanna know why.
[D] I don't want to hear [F#m] you explain, I don't want to hear you cry.
[G] [Bm] [D]
[D] [F#m] [G]
[Bm] I am letting the telephone ring
[E] Cuz I don't want to know why I
[D] Don't want to hear [F#m] you explain.
I don't want to [E] hear you
[G] I [Bm] have written so much about you so much.
I thought I [B] knew words like water used to flow
[D] Now what can I [F#m] possibly have to say [E] she is [G] someone I don't even know
She is someone I don't even know [Bm] and all the things that you've given to me I see now [E] was simply
reparations
[D] They were gifts of your guilt.
[F#m] They were my
[E] preparation
[G]
And I [Bm] know I should be mature [A] keep my feet on the floor [F#] for some reason I just [E] don't want them anymore
I know [Bm] this shouldn't be important compared to you and [Bm] I but I can still hear my questions and [E] I can still hear you
I
Can still hear you?
[B] I can still hear you
[Bm]
[B] [D] [F#m]
[G]
[Bm] Now vicariously I have a hurt in me
I want [E] to peel off my skin let the water wash in you [D] always said that I was hiding [F#m] that I was hiding from you
[E] You are capable [G] of things that I could not do you are capable of things
I could not do [Bm] and I remember how you pretended pretended to touch [D] me
I remember how I couldn't bring [Em] myself to believe [D] I remember wondering what was [F#m] wrong
What was [E] wrong?
[G] Be so naive
[E] How could I [G] be so naive?
How could I be so naive?
And [Bm] I know I should be mature [A] keep my feet on the floor [Bm] for some reason I [B] just can't take you anymore
I [Bm] know this shouldn't be important [D] compared to you and I but I [Bm] can still hear my questions [E] and I can still hear you
I can still hear you
[B] I can still hear you
[Bm] [E]
[D] [F#m] [G]
[E] [G]
So [Bm] now I'm letting the telephone ring, [E] cause I don't wanna know why.
[D] I don't want to hear [F#m] you explain, I don't want to hear you cry.
[G] [Bm] [D]
Key:
E
Bm
D
G
F#m
E
Bm
D
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] I am letting the telephone ring
[E] Cuz I don't want to know why I
[D] Don't want to hear [F#m] you explain.
I don't want to [E] hear you
[G] _ I _ _ _ [Bm] have written so much about you so much.
I thought I [B] knew words like water used to flow
[D] Now what can I [F#m] possibly have to say [E] she is [G] someone I don't even know
She is someone I don't even know [Bm] and all the things that you've given to me I see now [E] was simply
reparations
[D] They were gifts of your guilt.
[F#m] They were my
[E] preparation
[G] _ _ _ _ _
And I [Bm] know I should be mature [A] keep my feet on the floor [F#] for some reason I just [E] don't want them anymore
I know [Bm] this shouldn't be important compared to you and [Bm] I but I can still hear my questions and [E] I can still hear you
I
Can still hear you?
[B] I can still hear you
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Now vicariously I have a hurt in me
I want [E] to peel off my skin let the water wash in you [D] always said that I was hiding [F#m] that I was hiding from you
[E] You are capable [G] of things that I could not do you are capable of things
I could not do [Bm] and I remember how you pretended pretended to touch [D] me
I remember how I couldn't bring [Em] myself to believe [D] I remember wondering what was [F#m] wrong
What was [E] wrong?
[G] Be so naive
[E] How could I [G] be so naive?
How could I be so naive?
_ _ _ _ _ And [Bm] I know I should be mature [A] keep my feet on the floor [Bm] for some reason I [B] just can't take you anymore
I [Bm] know this shouldn't be important [D] compared to you and I but I [Bm] can still hear my questions [E] and I can still hear you
I can still hear you
[B] I can still hear you
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
So _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] now I'm letting the telephone ring, [E] cause I don't wanna know why.
[D] I don't want to hear [F#m] you explain, I don't want to hear you cry.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] I am letting the telephone ring
[E] Cuz I don't want to know why I
[D] Don't want to hear [F#m] you explain.
I don't want to [E] hear you
[G] _ I _ _ _ [Bm] have written so much about you so much.
I thought I [B] knew words like water used to flow
[D] Now what can I [F#m] possibly have to say [E] she is [G] someone I don't even know
She is someone I don't even know [Bm] and all the things that you've given to me I see now [E] was simply
reparations
[D] They were gifts of your guilt.
[F#m] They were my
[E] preparation
[G] _ _ _ _ _
And I [Bm] know I should be mature [A] keep my feet on the floor [F#] for some reason I just [E] don't want them anymore
I know [Bm] this shouldn't be important compared to you and [Bm] I but I can still hear my questions and [E] I can still hear you
I
Can still hear you?
[B] I can still hear you
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Now vicariously I have a hurt in me
I want [E] to peel off my skin let the water wash in you [D] always said that I was hiding [F#m] that I was hiding from you
[E] You are capable [G] of things that I could not do you are capable of things
I could not do [Bm] and I remember how you pretended pretended to touch [D] me
I remember how I couldn't bring [Em] myself to believe [D] I remember wondering what was [F#m] wrong
What was [E] wrong?
[G] Be so naive
[E] How could I [G] be so naive?
How could I be so naive?
_ _ _ _ _ And [Bm] I know I should be mature [A] keep my feet on the floor [Bm] for some reason I [B] just can't take you anymore
I [Bm] know this shouldn't be important [D] compared to you and I but I [Bm] can still hear my questions [E] and I can still hear you
I can still hear you
[B] I can still hear you
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
So _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] now I'm letting the telephone ring, [E] cause I don't wanna know why.
[D] I don't want to hear [F#m] you explain, I don't want to hear you cry.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _