Telephone- 
Daniel Butts




Written in Iraq While on Deployment with the Louisiana National Guard
Verses Picked with Chorus Strumed



G 	  	 D
He was workin, far from home
Am 	  	  	   Em
I was a boy of Fourteen, Felt like he was always gone
G 	  	      d 	  	 Em 	  	 
but he called every night, over the telephone

G 	  	  D 	 
Heard her laugh, Heard my Mama cry
Am 	  	  	  	 Em
Through those paper thin walls, late at night
G             D 	  	  	  	 Am           
lyin' there, I swore that I was never gonna live my life
              Em
.....Over the Telephone


Chorus-
 G 	  	 D 	 
 He'd call and say I love you
Am 	  	  	 Em
Hear her smile and say I love you too
G 	     D 	 
they'd talk all about their day
Am 	  	    Em
and all the things that they got to do

G                D
Now I'm married, and we got a child
Am 	  	 Em
everything was goin' good for a while
G 	  	 D
but Uncle Sam , threw us a curve
Am 	  	  	  	 Em
now I'm sittin' here alone on the other side of the world
G            D
but I call, every night
            Em 
...over the telephone



G                D  
Heard her laugh, heard my wife cry
Am                                Em
through those long distant lines, late at night
G           D                         Am  
lyin' here, I pray that our son never has to live   his life
             Em 
....over the telephone


Chorus:
G          D    
I call and Say I love you
Am 	  	    Em  	 
hear her smile and say I love you too
G           D
we talk all about our day
Am             Em
and all things that we had to do


G               D
he was workin', far from home
Am                       Em
I was a boy of fourteen, seemed like he was always gone

G               D              (Picked Slow)  Em