He’ll have to go
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G
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1. Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone,
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let’s
pretend that we're together all alone.
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I'll tell the man to turn the
jukebox way down low,
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and
you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go.
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2. Whisper to me, tell me, do you love me true,
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or is
he holding you the way I do ?
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Though love is blind make up
your mind, I've got to know,
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G C
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should
I hang up or will you tell him he'll have to go ?
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C
You can't say the words I want
to hear while you're with another man,
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C G
do
you want me answer “yes or no”, darling I will understand.
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3. Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone,
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let’s
pretend that we're together all alone.
C C7 F
I'll tell the man to turn the
jukebox way down low,
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and
you can tell your friend there with you - he'll have to go.
(orig. = capo 1st) (Jim Reeves)