Hello--Toby Keith
written by Toby Keith/Jim Femino
from the album "Blue Moon"


Intro:  E  A  (say, four times, although you can delay for more "suspense")

E                        A           E                A
I was hangin out in Mexico, I had a beachfront bungalow
          E                                A                    B7    A
I know I should have gone home, but I was doin that Caribbean thing
      E                         A             E                    A
I was listenin to a Spanish guitar, drinkin margaritas under the stars
        E                       A                    B7   A
With a pretty senorita when the telephone started to ring, guess who

CHORUS:

E            A
Hello, honey I was just about to
E           A
Hello, baby I was gettin ready
E                 A                       B7  B   A
Hello, I know I should have called sooner oh, no, no
E              A    
Hello, if you give me just a minute
E                A
Hello, don't ya hang up 'til I'm finished
E                  A                   B7   B  A
Hello, you're the only one I ever you know       hello

E  A  E  A

E                                          A
Well there was silence at the end of the line 
E                                        A
I thougth I'd give her til a quarter of nine
E                                 A                      B7      A
I forgot to call her back and the party was a-rollin at ten
          E                       A
See I was workin on tequila and lime
E                                A
I guess I never even noticed the time
       E                          A                    B7   A
I was dancin the iguana when the phone started ringin again,  you know who

CHORUS

break

CHORUS

E     A E A   E      A   E   A
Hello,       hello
E            A
Hello, honey I was just about to
E           A
Hello, baby I was gettin ready
E                A
Hello, don't you hang up til I'm finished

E   A   E   A   E

N/C
Hello


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