The Phone Book Chords
by Editors
The Phone Book by Editors is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, F#m, G, C, Bm, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
Em
I'm on watch here
F#m G
So close your eyes and get some rest
C Em
I'm here to watch your heart
C Em
It's been faulted from the start
Bm C
I'm the ribs in your chest
Em
I'm not an angel,
F#m G
I never mean to make you cry
C Em
Jumping through my hoops
C Em
With dissension in the troops
Bm C
And a smile inside
Pre-Chorus
Bm Am
What's that over your shoulder?
Bm Am
Fear of getting older
Em
Stay
C
With
G
Me.
D
Verse
Em
Sing me a love song
F#m G
From your heart or from the phone book
C Em
It don't matter to me
C Em
I'm an apple, you're the tree
Bm C
I won't fall when you're shook
Pre-Chorus
Bm Am
What's that over your shoulder?
Bm Am
Fear of getting older
Em
Stay
C
With
G
Me.
D
Bridge 1
C Am Em
La, La la, La la.
C Am Em
La, La la, La la.
Bridge 2 (played like a verse)
Em Em F#m G
C Em C Em
Bm C
Em Em F#m G C
verse 3
C D
Ends with a kiss
D Em
It ends with a tear
Em G
It ends with the lights up
G C
Bathing our fear
C D
Tell me nonsense
Em
I know what's sincere
Em G
I saw the lightning
G C
cut through the last
D Em
Winter sky of the year
Em
Stay
C
With
G
Me.
D
Em
Keep
C
With
G
Me.
D
Outro (Like Bridge 1)
C Am Em
La, La la, La la.
C Am Em
La, La la, La la.
C Am Em
La, La la, La la.
C Am Em
La, La la, La la.
Em