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Telephone Blues (1950) Akkorde von
Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry
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Tonart: E major
Verse 1
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Now, if you want higher wages let me
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tell you what to do

You got to talk to the workers

in the shop with you.
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You got to build you a union,
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got to make it strong,

But if you all stick together,

boys, it won't be long.

You get shorter hours,

better working conditions,

Vacations with pay. Take your kids
Verse 2

to the seashore.
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It ain't quite this simple,

so I better explain

Just why you got to ride

on the union train.
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'Cause if you wait for the boss

to raise your pay,

We'll all be a- waitin' 'til Judgment

Day.
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We'll all be buried, gone to heaven,
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St. Peter'll be the straw boss

then.
Verse 3
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Now you know you're underpaid but
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the boss says you ain't;

He speeds up the work 'til you're 'bout

to faint.
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You may be down and out

, but you ain't beaten,

You can pass out a leaflet and

call a meetin'.

Talk it over, speak your mind,
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Decide to do somethin' about it.
Verse 4

Course, the boss may persuade

some poor damn fool

To go to your meetin' and act

like a stool.
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But you can always tell a stool,

though, that's a fact,

He's got a yaller streak a- runnin'
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down his back.

He doesn't have to stool,

he'll always get along

On what he takes out of blind men's cups.
Verse 5
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You got a union now,
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and you're sittin' pretty,

Put some of the boys on the steer
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ing committee.
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The boss won't listen when one guy squawks,
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But he's got to listen when

the union talks.

He'd better, be mighty lonely

Everybody decide to walk
Verse 6

out on him.
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Suppose they're working you so

hard it's just outrageous

And they're paying you

all starvation wages.
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You go to the boss and the boss would yell,

"Before I raise your pay I'd see you

all in hell."

Well, he's puffing a big seegar,
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feeling mighty slick

'Cause he thinks he's

got your union licked.
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Well, he looks out the window

and what does he see

But a thousand pickets,
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and they all agree:

He's a bastard, unfair,

slavedriver,

Bet he beats his wife!
Verse 7

Now, boys, you've come to the hardest time.
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The boss will try to bust your picket line.

He'll call out the police, the National Guard,
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They'll tell you it's a crime to
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have a union card.

They'll raid your meetin',

they'll hit you on the head,

They'll call every one of you a goddam red,


Unpatriotic, Japanese spies,

sabotaging national defense!
Verse 8
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But out at Ford, here's what they found,

And out at Vultee, here's what they found,

And out at Allis- Chalmers,
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here's what they found,
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And down at Bethlehem, here's

what they found:

That if you don't let

red- baiting break you up,

And if you don't let stoolpigeons break you up,

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And if you don't let vigilantes

break you up,
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And if you don't let race hatred break you up,


You'll win. What

I mean, take it easy, but take it!

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Akkorde & Songtexte
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  • A

  • G

Capo: 2

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The original key of Telephone Blues (1950) by Sonny Terry is E major.

The primary chords used in Telephone Blues (1950) are E, B, A.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, B, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Telephone Blues (1950) is approximately 76 beats per minute.

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