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