Intro
C#
[Verse 1]
C#
Hundreds of stories
F#
Before I showed up
C#
They'd tell them to me
F#
And pull photos up
D#m
They're all connected
C#
Like a pair of handcuffs
F#
No one seemed affected
G#
That everyone is fucked
C#
But there was a softness
F#
Some kind of understanding
C#
Those 2am decisions
F#
Always shaky landings
D#m
And no one ever knew
C#
What could be demanded
F#
Maybe it's the cards
G#
The cards that she was handed
[Chorus]
F# C# G#
You called me up from a pay phone
A#m G#
I said "Hang tight, I can drive you home"
F# C# G#
I pulled on up and with a southern accent
A#m G#
I offered you my dad's leather jacket
[Verse 2]
C#
I met her at a party
F#
She'd come straight from work
C#
Complained that the regulars
F#
Were all a bunch of jerks
D#m
She always looked tired
C#
But she dazzled as a drunk
F#
She even pulled off
G#
That stupid hair cut
C#
She said, "I don't need a sponsor
F#
Or the best lover
C#
Just a man that sees me
F#
As some fixer-upper
D#m
The last few years
C#
I've been running for cover
F#
Trying to sleep
G#
So I can visit my mother"
[Chorus]
F# C# G#
You called me up from a pay phone
A#m G#
I said "Hang tight, I can drive you home"
F# C# G#
I pulled on up and with a southern accent
A#m G#
I offered you my dad's leather jacket
[Chorus 2]
F# C# G#
When times were tough in the worst years
A#m G#
We never knew how to interfere
F# C# G#
And now you're back and just unpacking
A#m G#
Those bruised up takers you keep attracting
[Bridge]
D#m
In September
C#/F
When it goes off
F#
Like some god damn
G#
Alarm clock
D#m
And he hits her
C#/F
Like a third shot
F#
Conversations
G#
She just stares off
D#m
There's no longer
C#/F
G# voice calling
F#
When she goes out
G#
Saying, "I'll be up waiting for you"
[Chorus]
F# C# G#
You called me up from a pay phone
A#m G#
I said "Hang tight, I can drive you home"
F# C# G#
I pulled on up and with a southern accent
A#m G#
I offered you my dad's leather jacket
[Chorus 2]
F# C# G#
When times were tough in the worst years
A#m G#
We never knew how to interfere
F# C# G#
And now you're back and just unpacking
A#m G#
Those bruised up takers you keep attracting
[Outro]
F# C# G#
You call me up from a pay phone
A#m - G# - F#
Ooh-ooh-ooh
(x4)
And I said, "Who the fuck uses a pay phone?"