Long Distance Calls


Tuning: Standard Capo 5 This is the intro and verse riff: e|1h0----1h0----1h0----0h1-3-0--| B|---1-3----1-3----1-3--------3-| G|------0------0------0---------| D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| C G Everyone is working hard. C G Mothers got a shit job. C F Daddy got a blow job. C G Divorce ain't free. C G Lawyer gets a phone call. C G He's back on the payroll. C F C G It's time to figure out who gets the house and the keys. C G Mom and Dad get uptight. C G The kids see the whole fights. C F C G It's all very childlike, their vulgar tones. C G C G Sister starts crying, brother starts whining, C F C G But please don't forget we're a family. F C G C Now it's time for long distance calls F C G C To say I love you I don't know you at all. F C G C I don't sympathize with dead beat dads. F C G C He sits alone we were all he had. C G It's 20 years later. C G Brothers got a girlfriend. C F His wife is on the back end. C G Divorce ain't free. C G Sisters got a husband. C G But he don't give her lovin'. C F C G It's funny its a turnaround how life isn't free. C G C G Got to pay the mortgage and get the kids thru college. C F C G And maybe if we're lucky we can make ends meet. C G C G Sister starts crying, brother starts whining. C F C G But please don't forget we're a family. F C G C Now it's time for long distance calls F C G C To say I love you I don't know you at all. F C G C I don't sympathize with dead beat dads. F C G C He sits alone we were all he had.