D Em D Em
D# Fm G# D#m Fm
E Em F# F#m E F#m
Am Fm G# C Cm Fm G# Gm
Fm G# C Fm G# Gm


[Verse 1]
Fm
Call me, call me, baby
Cm              C                   Fm                 Cm
Check me on the cheek and all night I'll wait for your reply
F          Fm                  G#               Gm
Now listen listen listen here, I can't wait for you to die
Cm Fm               Cm                      Fm G
I'd look you in the eyes but they're closed
Fm                Gm         F Fm G# G
You don't seem to understand
Fm
All's just copacetic

A# F G# C Fm G# G
F Fm G# C F G# G

Fm                        G#        Gm
Number after number after cry after cry
Fm                     G#   Gm
I'm a little dizzy but it's all gonna end
Fm                                 G#          Gm
Why, all the ones that I love have hung up the telephone
C    Fm                    Gm
Time after time after time after time after
F        Am               C#
Time and time again again I'll only speak to you
And maybe you should give me back the love I gave to you
Am               C#
I've given up on any kind of hope that's left for me
Am                         C#
The wires on the telephone are tangled around me


[Chorus]
      F#m
I can tell you this: (Oh!)
A              C#m           F#m
Time is just a-ticking away (Now, hey, now)
C#m     F#m
For you For you
N.C.
Ignoring my demise
A     G#m                 F#m                     A
After dark and after I've called you for the 43rd time
                F#m  A C#m F#m A G#m F#m A C#m F#m A G#m
It's driving me mad!


[Verse 2]
F#m
Call me, call me, baby
A
one-two-three-four
   F#m
My mind's up in a tizzy
A                    B
Where are you going, my darling?
F#                     F#m
Some things are better left alone
A             G#
Where are you going, my darling?
F#                        F#m
Some things should better stay at home
G#m
Why do you never talk to me?
F#                     F#m
Some things are better left alone
A     G#                F#
Where are you going, my darling?
                          F#m
Some things should better stay at home
G#m
Why do you never talk to me?
F#m
Stitch, sew, cut tie
A      G#m  C#m
Stitch sew, live and die
F#
Stitch, sew, I tried
G#m
Stitch, sew, you're alive
F#m
Stitch, sew, cut tie
A      G#m  C#m
Stitch sew, live and die
F#m
Stitch, sew, I tried
G#m
Stitch, sew, I'm alive
F# A G#m C#m
             Hah hah
F# G#m
       Hah hah
F# A G#m C#m F#
         Hah hah


[Chorus]
                G#m
Time after time after time after time,
      F#m            A
I can tell you this (Oh!)
A              C#m           F#m
Time is just a-ticking away (Now, hey, now)
N.C.
For you, for you Nevermore, forevermore
A    G#m
Love is nothing but a waste
F#m
Join hands in a beautiful marriage
C#m
It's driving me mad!
F#m
I can tell you this (Oh!)
A            C#m       F#m
Life is just a-ticking away (Now, hey, now)
                                    A
For you, for you Threaded cords and sewing words
C#m
Say "I do" and end the world
F#m                     A
Baby, now, for the 87th time
                F#
It's driving me mad!


[Bridge]
                  A
Call me, call me, baby
C#m                           F#m                      G#m    F#m
Check me on the cheek and all night I'll wait for your reply
Fm                             Cm
Now listen listen listen here, I can't wait for you to die
Fm                  Cm                  E   F# Bm
I'd look you in the eyes but they're closed
E   Em         F#m           D#m Fm
You don't seem to understand
D#    D#m  Fm
All's just copacetic

D# D#m F# Fm    A#
            Hah hah
D#m F# Fm     D#
          Hah hah
D# F# Fm    D#m
        Hah hah
F# Fm     D#
      Hah hah

       D#m          F#    Fm
Number after number after cry after cry
D#m                F#       Fm        D#m
I'm a little dizzy but it's all gonna end
                       F#          Fm
Why, all the ones that I love have hung up the telephone
D#m                   Fm         D#   E
Time after time after time after time after
                    Em      B
Time and time again again I'll only speak to you
E
And maybe you should give me back the love I gave to you
                 Em                      B
I've given up on any kind of hope that's left for me
E
The wires on the telephone are tangled around me


[Chorus]
Em                   G
I can tell you this:(Oh!)
B                  Bm        Em
Time is just a-ticking away (Now, hey, now)
                               G
For you For you Ignoring my demise
B                    Bm   E                        Bm
After dark and after I've called you for the 110th time
                F
It's driving me mad!


[Outro]
              G#  C
(Stitch, sew, cut ties
                     F
Stitch sew, live and die)
              G#  Cm
(Stitch, sew, cut ties
                      F
Stitch, sew, live and die)

It's driving me mad!
                  Gm
(Stitch, sew, cut ties
                     Fm
Stitch sew, live and die)
                  Cm
(Stitch, sew, cut ties
        C             F
Stitch, sew, live and die)

G Cm F  G F
G C F  G
G C