Bananarama Hotline To Heaven
Album: Bananarama
Year: 1984
UK No 58
Tabbed by Jack Delonge
*These chords match the single version and not the 7 minute album version.
[Intro]
Em A Em A
Em A C D E
[Verse 1]
E C
With your smile you're making plans
C D E
You've got the world right in the palm of your hands
E C
Everything you touch is gold
C D F#m
But your future life is bought and sold
F#m A
It seems to me that you've got it made
A F#m
But you never show that you're afraid
F#m B
Now the voices in your head
B Em
They make you scream and drive you mad
[Chorus]
Em C
You're on a hotline to heaven
C D Bm Em
Now you're all alone
Em
Riding on a hotline to heaven
C D A
Standing on your own
Em A C D E
[Verse 2]
E C
Staring eyes as cold as stone
C D E
A wandering figure that stands alone
E C
Reaching out you cry for help
C D F#m
Once a man but now you're just a shell
F#m A
You make a deal, you make a grade
A F#m
But you're heading for an early grave
F#m B
You got to find it, got to try
B Em
Something special to get you high
[Chorus]
Em C
You're on a hotline to heaven
C D Bm Em
Now you're all alone
Em
Riding on a hotline to heaven
C D A
Standing on your own
Em C
You're on a hotline to heaven
(Going up without me baby, I won't let you drive me crazy)
C D Bm Em
Now you're all alone
Em C
Riding on a hotline to heaven
(Going up without me baby, I won't let you drive me crazy)
C D A
Standing on your own
Em A Em A Em A C D A
[Verse 3]
F#m A
It seems to me that you've got it made
A F#m
But you're heading for an early grave
F#m B
Now the voices in your head
B Em
They make you scream and drive you mad
[Chorus]
Em C
You're on a hotline to heaven
C D Bm Em
Now you're all alone
Em C
Riding on a hotline to heaven
C D A
Standing on your own
Em C
You're on a hotline to heaven
(Going up without me baby, I won't let you drive me crazy)
C D Bm Em
Now you're all alone
Em C
Riding on a hotline to heaven
(Going up without me baby, I won't let you drive me crazy)
C D A
Standing on your own
Repeat till fade