B E
Rain came down in endless sheets of thunder
B E
Lightening bolts split pine trees down to the roots
G#m
In the shadow of the astrodome
E
With a hurricane coming on strong
G#m F# B F#
We used to hit the streets and go swimming in our birthday suits
[Verse 2]
B E
Skiing in a bar ditch behind a moped
B E
Thirteen stitches on the corner of a sardine can
G#m E
We were dirt poor Houston kids our whole family living on the skids
G#m F# B F#
But we always had a nickel for the coming of the ice cream man
[Chorus 1]
B
Mosquito truck blowing out DDT
G#m
Barefoot heathens running wild and free
E
Air raid buzzer at a noonday scream
C#m F# E E
Living in a dream on telephone road Guitar Riff
[Verse 3]
B E
I used to love them cherry cokes down at the princess drive-in
B E
The cheeseburgers taste so good I like to come untied
G#m E
There’s a chinaberry tree I remember I used to climb in and out my window
G#m F# B F#
The night I left was on the day before my grandma died
[Chorus 2]
B
Sawdust spread out on a Dance Hall floor
G#m
Juke box ripping at an all out roar
E
Barmaid smiling at a ten cent tip
C#m F#m E
Living is a trip on telephone road
[Bridge]
G#m E
Magnolia garden bandstand on the very front row
G#m F#
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and the killer putting on a show
C#m E
Six years old and barely off my daddys knees
G#m F#
When those rockabilly rebels sent the devil running right through me
[Chorus 3]
B
Drive in movie in the trunk of my car
G#m
One eyed sailor in an ice house bar
E
Split shine Charlie and ol’ peg leg bill
C#m F# E
Are dressed up fit to kill on telephone road
[Outro]
G#m B
Telephone road
E
Telephone road
G#m F#
Barbeque and beer on ice
G#m F#
A salty watermelon slice
G#m F#
At the Little Taste of Paradise
E
On telephone road
G#
Telephone road
