Tom: Em
B |-3-|
G |-0-|
D |-2-|
A |-2-|
E |-0-|
Rather than what the UG diagram says.
Throughout the song, Andersen repeats a lick in between phrases. The lick is (a variation of) the following:
E|-3---x---3---3------------------3-|
B|-0---x---0h1-0------------------0-|
G|-0---x---0---0------------------0-|
D|-0---x---0h2-0----------0-------0-|
A|-2---x---2p0-2------0h2---2-----2-|
E|-3---x---3---3----3---------3---3-|
Other minor embellishments are also there while he's playing, but they're negligible. Andersen also sometimes
plays C/G instead of C in the chorus depending on the versions you look at.
[Intro]
E|-3---x---3---3----------------3---3---3------------------3-|
B|-0---x---0h1-0--1/3-3/1/0-0---0---0h1-0------------------0-|
G|-0---x---0---0--2/4-4/2/0-0---0---0---0------------------0-|
D|-0---x---0h2-0----------------0---0h2-0----------0-------0-|
A|-2---x---2p0-2----------------2---2p0-2------0h2---2-----2-|
E|-3---x---3---3----------------3---3---3----3---------3---3-|
[Verse 1]
G C
Why can't you just pick up the telephone?
D G (lick)
Just wanna hear you say hello
G C
Things will never be the way they used to be
D G C G/B Am G
It's just so hard to let it go Oh, oh, oh, oh
G C
Yes we had some of the best of times
D G (lick)
Even the worst was never all that bad
G C
Wish we could talk just one last time
D G C G/B Am G
But we've already had our chance
[Chorus]
C G
I keep that paper in my pocket
C G
From when you wrote your number down
C G G/F# Em7
I take it out and I think of you
G D G C G/B Am G
Every time I see a quarter on the ground Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Guitar Solo]
G C D C G/B Am G
[Verse 2]
G C
I keep your picture in the hallway
D G (lick)
In a wooden frame up on the wall
G C
Often I stop just to remember
D G C G/B Am G
How good it felt when you would call Oh, oh, oh, oh
G C
The lines on the page have faded
D G (lick)
The words are getting hard to read
G C
I know what it says by heart
D G C G/B Am G
I keep it to keep you with me
[Chorus]
C G
I keep that paper in my pocket
C G
From when you wrote your number down
C G G/F# Em7
I take it out and I think of you
G D G C G/B
Every time I see a quarter on the ground Oh, oh,
Am G D G C G/B
Every time I see a quarter on the ground Oh, oh,
Am G D G C G/B Am G
Every time I see a quarter on the ground Oh, oh, oh, oh
