Tulsa Telephone Book

Tom T. Hall

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E Have you read any good telephone
A books lately?
E If you ain't then let me recommend
B one
E I've already read that Tulsa
A telephone book through thirteen
Am times
E B If you don't know any last names
E it ain't much fun
E B Readin' that Tulsa telephone
A E book, can drive a guy insane
B A Especially if that girl you're
E B lookin' for has no last name
E I gotta find her and tell her, I
A Am don't want our love to end
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E B So I'm readin' that Tulsa
E B telephone book again
E Well, I was in Tulsa and didn't
A have anything goin'
E She lived in Tulsa and didn't have
B anything on
E She said, My name is Shirley, and I
A Am said, My name is T.
E B I woke up the next mornin' and
E she was gone
E All of the Tulsa operators know my
A voice now
E And they gotta know how long I've
B been alone
E If you meet a girl named Shirley
A Am with some ribbons in her hair
E B Would you tell her that she's
E wanted on the phone
E B Readin' that Tulsa telephone
A E book, can drive a guy insane
B A Especially if that girl you're
E B lookin' for has no last name
E I gotta find her and tell her, I
A Am don't want our love to end
B So I'm readin' that Tulsa telephone
E B book again
E B I'm readin' that Tulsa telephone
E book again
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Composition: Tom T. Hall

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