If The Phone Doesnt Ring Its Me

Jimmy Buffett - If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
Words and Music by:
Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley, and Will Jennings

Notes:
This song sounds much better if you fingerpick it.
Also, it's a nice touch to add a high "G" note to the Em chords.
                                          -Richard Burchett

[Intro]
   C          Em          F
e|-0----0---------0-----|----------------------|
B|---------3---------3--|-1-----------0--1--3--|
G|----------------------|----------2-----------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|  x3
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|

   C          Em          F
e|-0----0---------0--3--|----------------------|
B|---------3------------|-1--------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|


[Verse 1]
          C         Em         F     C
There are oceans of feelings between us,
Am                            C
currents that take us and sweep us away.
C             Em          F    C
That's why we seldom have seen us,
       Am         G            C
in the light of a cold hard day.


[Pre-chorus]
Am                            C
Lots of new friends, with the same old answers,
Am                       G     G7
open your eyes you might see,
       C               Em          F             C
if our lives were that simple we'd live in the past,
       Am            G            C
if the phone doesn't ring, it's me.


[Chorus]
       G                             C
If the phone doesn't ring, you'll know that it's me,
        G                     C
I'll be out in the eye of the storm,
       G                          C
if the phone doesn't ring, you know that I'll be,
      G                        C
where someone can make me feel warm.
     C          Em             F                 C
It's too bad we can't turn and live in the past,
       Am               G         C
if the phone doesn't ring, it's me.


[Interlude]
   C          Em          F
e|-0----0---------0-----|----------------------|
B|---------3---------3--|-1-----------0--1--3--|
G|----------------------|----------2-----------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|

   C          Em          F
e|-0----0---------0--3--|----------------------|
B|---------3------------|-1--------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|


[Verse 2]
         C             Em           F            C
I've had good days and bad days and going half-mad days,
  Am                            C
I try to let go, but you're still on my mind.
     C            Em            F               C
I've lost all the old ways, I'm searching for new plays,
Am           G            C
Putting it all on the line.


[Pre-chorus]
Am                            C
Lots of new friends, with the same old problems,
Am                       G     G7
open your eyes you might see,
       C               Em          F               C
if our lives were that simple we'd live in the past,
       Am               G         C
if the phone doesn't ring, it's me.


[Chorus]
       G                             C
If the phone doesn't ring, you'll know that it's me,
        G                     C
I'll be out in the eye of the storm,
       G                          C
if the phone doesn't ring, you know that I'll be,
      G                        C
where someone can make me feel warm.
     C          Em             F               C
It's too bad we can't turn and live in the past,
       Am               G         C
if the phone doesn't ring, it's me.


[Outro]
   C          Em          F
         It's me,    it's me
e|-0----0---------0-----|----------------------|
B|---------3---------3--|-1-----------0--1--3--|
G|----------------------|----------2-----------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|  x3
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|

   C          Em          F
         It's me,    it's me
e|-0----0---------0--3--|----------------------|
B|---------3------------|-1--------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|


[Coda]
      C             Em           F                    C
If it takes all the future we'll live through the past,
       Am               G         C   Csus   C
if the phone doesn't ring, it's me.