E|----------------------1--|
B|----------------------1--|
G|----------------------2--|
D|-----8------7------5--3--|
A|---8------7------5----3--|
E|-6------5------3------1--|

F C F
Bb Am Gm F C F


[Verse 1]

F          Am        Gm             F     C  F
My brother Jimmy, my other brother Jack
F                     Am          Gm         F     C  F
They went off down to Houston and never come back
F           Am               Gm      F     C  F
Mama wasn't going to let her baby go yet
F                      Am             G    F     C  F
but there ain't nobody hiring back in Lafayette


[Verse 2]

F           Am           Gm     F      C  F
Working all week for the Texico check
F           Am           Gm     F      C  F
Sun beating down on the back of my neck
F                Am        Gm          F   C  F
Tried to save my money but Jimmy says no
F                      Am       Gm        F      C  F
Says he's got a little honey on telephone road


[Chorus]

Bb           Am      Gm      F
Come on come on come on lets go
F                C          F
This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know
Bb           Am      Gm      F
Come on come on come on lets go
F           C              F
Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road


[Interlude]

F       Am      Gm      F     C  F   x2


[Verse 3]

F         Am      Gm           F     C  F
Telephone Road is ten miles long
F         Am         Gm            F     C  F
Fifty car lots and a hundred Honky Tonks
F          Am               Gm           F     C  F
Jukebox is blasting and the beer bottles ring
F             Am     Gm          F     C  F
Jimmy banging on the pinball machine


[Chorus]

Bb           Am      Gm      F
Come on come on come on lets go
F                C          F
This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know
Bb           Am      Gm      F
Come on come on come on lets go
F           C              F
Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road


[Solo]

F       Am      Gm      F     C  F   x2
Bb      Am      Gm      F     C  F   x2


[Verse 4]

F          Am            Gm           F     C  F
Mama never told me about nothing like this
F                          Am         Gm       F     C  F
I guess Houston's about as big as the city can get
F               Am           Gm   F     C  F
Sometimes I get lonesome for Lafayette
F                  Am          Gm          F     C  F
Some day I'm going home, but I ain't ready yet


[Chorus]

Bb           Am      Gm      F
Come on come on come on lets go
F                C          F
This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know
Bb           Am      Gm      F
Come on come on come on lets go
F           C              F
Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road


Bb           Am      Gm      F
Come on come on come on lets go
F                C          F
This ain't Louisiana, your mama won't know
Bb           Am      Gm      F
Come on come on come on lets go
F           C              F
Everybody's rocking out on Telephone Road