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Fun Home - Telephone Wire

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[Intro]
A
[Verse]
DTelephone wire
Run Aand run
DTelephone wire
SundAown on the creek
EPartly frozen, partly flowing
EMust be windy, trees are bending
EJunction 50 field needs mowing
EFeels like the car is floating
[Chorus]
DSay something!
TAalAsus2k to hAim!
DSay something!
AAnAsus2ythingA!
DAt the light, at the light, at the light, at the Alight
DAt the light, at the light, at the light, at the light
LikDsus2e, you could say
"So, F#mhow does it feel to know that you and I are both—"
[dialogue]
N.C.
"Hey"
N.C.
"Yeah?"
N.C.
"Where do you want to go?"
N.C.
"Oh, I don't know"
[Bridge]
"GI know a bar that's kind of hidden Caway
A seedy club for Gfolks like… you kBnow
CCould be fun"
"But GDad, I'm not twenty-Bone"
"Yeah, right"A  
[Verse]
TDelephone wire
Long Ablack line
TDelephone wire
FinAely threaded sky
TE7here's the pond where I went wading
TE7here's a sign for Sugar Valley
OE7n the mountain, light is fading
I E7go back to school tomorrow!
[Chorus]
SDay something!
TAalAsus2k to hAim!
SDay something!
AAnAsus2ythingA!
DAt the light, at the light, at the light, at the lAight
DAt the light, at the light, at the light, at the light
Doesn't mattDsus2er what you say
JF#must make the fear in his eyes go away
[Bridge]
"There was a Gboy in college
My first year tChere
NCorris Jones
He had Gblack, wavy hairB  
NCorris Jones
WhGere is he B7now?
Fourteen years Gold
In Swanson's Cbarn
ICt was cold
GLots of boys messed around, you know
For them, it was a Bgame they outgCrew
But B7I always kCnew"
"CDad, me too!
SGince, like, five, I guess
I prGeferred to wear boys' shirts and pants
I felt absCurd in a dress
I really tried to deAmny my feelings for girls
But I was like you, GDad me too"
N.C.
"Norris Jones…"
N.C.
"Dad?"
N.C.
"Norris Jones…"
N.C.
"Dad?"
N.C.
"Hey, did I mention that new project I've taken on? You've seen it, Al, that old house out on Route 150?
It's been standing empty forty, fifty years at least…"
A
[Verse]
TDelephone wire
StAop! Too fast!
TDelephone wire
Make Athis not the past
This car rDide
ThFis is where it has to happen!
TFhere must be some other chances
TFhere's a moment I'm forgetting
WFhere you tell me you see me
[Chorus]
SEbay something!
Talk Bbto me!
SEbay something!
BbAnything!
EbAt the lightBb  
EbAt the lightBb  
ThFis can't be our last—
[Outro]
 N.C.                                                               A  
"Well, that was fun. It's earlier than I thought. Are you coming in?"
TDelephone wireA  
DThat was our last nAight

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Fun Home - Telephone Wire

by Misc Musicals

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Asus2

Dsus2

F#m

[Intro]

[Verse]

Telephone wire

Run and run

Telephone wire

Sundown on the creek

Partly frozen, partly flowing

Must be windy, trees are bending

Junction 50 field needs mowing

Feels like the car is floating

[Chorus]

Say something!

A Asus2 A

Talk to him!

Say something!

A Asus2 A

Anything!

D A

At the light, at the light, at the light, at the light

Dsus2

Like, you could say

F#m

"So, how does it feel to know that you and I are both—"

[dialogue]

N.C.

"Hey"

N.C.

"Yeah?"

N.C.

"Where do you want to go?"

N.C.

"Oh, I don't know"

[Bridge]

G C

"I know a bar that's kind of hidden away

G B

A seedy club for folks like… you know

Could be fun"

G B

"But Dad, I'm not twenty-one"

"Yeah, right"

[Verse]

Telephone wire

Long black line

Telephone wire

Finely threaded sky

There's the pond where I went wading

There's a sign for Sugar Valley

On the mountain, light is fading

I go back to school tomorrow!

[Chorus]

Say something!

A Asus2 A

Talk to him!

Say something!

A Asus2 A

Anything!

D A

At the light, at the light, at the light, at the light

Dsus2

Doesn't matter what you say

F#m

Just make the fear in his eyes go away

[Bridge]

"There was a boy in college

My first year there

Norris Jones

G B

He had black, wavy hair

Norris Jones

G B7

Where is he now?

Fourteen years old

In Swanson's barn

It was cold

Lots of boys messed around, you know

B C

For them, it was a game they outgrew

B7 C

But I always knew"

"Dad, me too!

Since, like, five, I guess

I preferred to wear boys' shirts and pants

I felt absurd in a dress

I really tried to deny my feelings for girls

But I was like you, Dad me too"

N.C.

"Norris Jones…"

N.C.

"Dad?"

N.C.

"Norris Jones…"

N.C.

"Dad?"

N.C.

"Hey, did I mention that new project I've taken on? You've seen it, Al, that old house out on Route 150?

It's been standing empty forty, fifty years at least…"

[Verse]

Telephone wire

Stop! Too fast!

Telephone wire

Make this not the past

This car ride

This is where it has to happen!

There must be some other chances

There's a moment I'm forgetting

Where you tell me you see me

[Chorus]

Say something!

Talk to me!

Say something!

Anything!

Eb Bb

At the light

Eb Bb

At the light

This can't be our last—

[Outro]

N.C.

"Well, that was fun. It's earlier than I thought. Are you coming in?"

D A

Telephone wire

D A

That was our last night

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