Verse 1:
D
Baby Hotline
AE
Please hold me close to you
D
Baby flat-line
AE
Still time to do it too
D
Baby snack time
AE
Chow down to earth but in your head
CG
She's a hoarder of quarters
DA
And no boundary boredom-dum
E
Boundary boredom
Chorus:
EmCDG
I contend that your drinking eye has never opened
EmCD
I insist somebody will die
G
And I hate hoping
EmCD
Wishing that the pills let you cry
G
And I hate coping
EmCD
Someday I will go back outside
G
And see her okay
Interlude -repeat-: AmGAm
-Hotline!-
G
Hung up and put on hold!
Am
-Hotline!-
G
My line is getting cold!
Am
-Hotline!-
G
Hung up and put on hold!
Am
-Hotline!-
"Oh, uh, I'll try again"
Verse 2:
D
Baby Hotline
AE
Please dial "9" to get out!
D
No flat-line
AE
What were you scared about?
DA
Baby sat by and felt the wind
ECG
At least I called her a hoarder of quarters
DA
And no boundary boredom-dum
E
Boundary boredom!
Chorus:
EmCDG
I contend that your drinking eye has never opened
EmCD
I insist somebody will die
G
And I hate hoping
EmCD
Wishing that the pills let you cry
G
And I hate coping
EmCD
Someday I will go back outside
G
And see her okay
Am
-Hotline!-
G
Hung up and put on hold!
Am
-Hotline!-
G
My line is getting cold!
Am
-Hotline!-
G
Hung up and put on hold!
Am
-Hotline!-
"Oh, uh, I'll try again"
Bridge:
CF
Numb, feel burning with haste
CF
And I'm realizing now it's a terrible waste
CF
I feel numb, I've been burning with haste
CF
And I'm realizing now what a terrible waste
CF
I feel numb, I've been burning with haste
CF
And I'm realizing now it's a terrible waste
CF
I feel numb, I've been burning with haste
CF
And I'm realizing now it's a terrible waste
CF
I feel numb
Verse 3:
CF
Sunbathe 'til morning time
CF
And your e-eyes will open wide
CF
Oh baby nevermind
CF
And my si-ight will run and hide
Verse 4:
FG
I can say
CAm
Oh wrap it in with cinnamon
-What about...-
FG
I've been dead
CAm
Oh wrap the trouble now -Ha Ha!-
FG
I feel so good
CAm
Ring won't bend -And you did it-
FG
Thinking bent, oh
CAm
I won't stay more anymore, oh I don't even think about it
Outro:
FEm
Oh you know I don't
FEm
Oh you know I don't
FEm
Oh you know I don't
FEm
Oh you know I don't
Outro:
CCmG -repeat-
I hate hoping, Oh-oh-oh
I hate hoping, Oh-oh-oh
I hate hoping, Oh-oh-oh
I hate hoping, Oh-oh-oh