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