[Chords used]
C#m F# D#m G# B
e|----4------2------6------4------2----|
B|----5------2------7------4------4----|
G|----6------3------8------5------4----|
D|----6------4------8------6------4----|
A|----4------4------6------6------2----|
E|----4------2------6------4------2----|
[Verse 1]
C#m F#
I’m phoning in the blues ’cause my life ain’t stallin’
D#m G#
The phone just rang to say the blues ain’t callin’
C#m F#
I thought that I’d always called it like I saw it
D#m G#
I got the blues and I know just how to call ’em
C#m F# B
Baby that’s how they call the blues
[Verse 2]
C#m F#
Yeah, I’m phoning in the blues like the phony version of the
D#m G#
blues that they thought that they had
C#m F#
It was the phony bologna version of the blues that was
D#m G#
the version that I thought my baby had had
C#m F#
I tried to retract them, my baby never had them
D#m G#
’til we called them on the telephone but they didn’t listen
C#m F# B
Baby, that’s how the call the blues
[Verse 3]
C#m F#
I’m phoning in the blues ’cause my life ain’t stallin’
D#m G#
The phone just rang to say the blues ain’t callin’
C#m F#
I thought that I’d always called it like I saw it
D#m G#
I got the blues and I know just how to call ’em
C#m F# B G#m
Baby, that’s how the call the blues, yeah
C#m F# B
Baby, that’s how the call the blues