Sleeping With The Telephone Written by Donald Rollins;Larry Thomas Harden;Lorrie Harden Recorded by Reba McEntire(ft. Faith Hill) (Capo on 3 in Drop D tuning) Intro.: (D) x 4 e |--0-0-2-2/4---2/3|2-3-3/5-5--------|--0-0-2-2/4---2/3|2-3-3/5-5--------| B |--3-3-5-5/7------|-----------------|--3-3-5-5/7------|-----------------| G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |--------------0--|0-0-0-0----0-0-0-|--------------0--|0-0-0-0----0-0-0-| D |0-0-0-0-0--------|-----------------|0-0-0-0-0--------|-----------------| (Faith) (D) I knew who he was when I took his name In somehow knowin', it's (Dsus4)just not the same late at (G) night (Em) (D) He knows the danger, but he does what he does He calls it duty, but (Dsus4)I call it love, so here (G)I am While he's (Em)gone to some foreign land (Both) And I cry, (D) 'cause I'm all (Em) alone And the nights (F#) get so cold (G) and long And I try (A) not to think (Bm) he won't come home (Em) But I'm (G)sleepin' with the telephone (D) Inst.: (D) x 4 (Reba) (D) The yellow ribbon on my neighbor's gate Always reminds me that (Dsus4)someone's awake just like (G)me (Em) (D) I hear the sirens and I watch the news He laughs and leaves with his (Dsus4)gun and his blue uni-(G)form And I (Em)pray God keeps him safe from harm (Both) And I cry, (D) 'cause I'm all (Em) alone And the nights (F#) get so cold (G) and long And I try (A) not to think (Bm) he won't come home (Em) (G) But I'm sleepin' with the telephone (Reba) (F) I loose him in my darkest dreams (Faith) (G) And my blood runs cold and my heart skips a beat (Reba) (F) So I get up, I can't take anymore (Both) (G) Sometimes I (Em)hate how much I love him But everyday I love him more (D) | (Em) | (F#) | (G) (Both) And I try (A) not to think (Bm) he won't come home (Em) (F#) | (G) But I'm sleeping with the telephone (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (Faith) (D) Something awakes me from where he should be I reach for him, --- the telephone rings ---