Gordon Lightfoot – Hangdog Hotel Room (Guitar)

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This song is just a lot of fun to sing. I have no idea if this is the key that Gordon Lightfoot recorded it in but it works for me. Enjoy. HANGDOG HOTEL ROOM—Gordon Lightfoot VERSE 1.

C                    D
I go in for singin’, I do it for my pay

        F                 C
But the kind of gig I can really dig 

        G
Happens at the break of day

       C                    Bb
With a few good friends and neighbours 

     F                      C
Into playin’ the night-time tunes

   F                     C
So pass the jar and that old guitar 

        G               C
In this hangdog hotel room.

VERSE 2.

C                       D    
I believe in magic, a little monkey-shines,

        F                   C
But the kind of row I can really hoe 

   G            
Is playin’ in tune on time,

     C            Bb                  F              C
With rhythms all around us we’re like weavers at the loom,

   F                     C
So pass the jar and that old guitar 

        G             C
In this hangdog hotel room.

CHORUS 1.

C          Bb               F                 C
Oh Lord it feels so good to play a night-time tune

   F                     C
So pass the jar and that old guitar 

        G             C
In this hangdog hotel room.

VERSE 3.

C                            D
When it comes to morning and going out at night,

         F                 C
Well the kind of test that I like best 

   G
Is treating the wrong girl right.

      C                    Bb
And a few good friends and neighbours 

     F                      C
Into playin’ the night-time tunes

   F                     C
So pass the jar and that old guitar 

        G             C
In this hangdog hotel room.

CHORUS 2

C          Bb               F                 C
Oh Lord it feels so good to play a night-time tune

   F                     C
So pass the jar and that old guitar 

        G             C
In this hangdog hotel room.

     C           Bb                   F              C
With rhythms all around us we’re like weavers at the loom,

   F                     C
So pass the jar and that old guitar 

        G             C
In this hangdog hotel room.

   F                     C
So pass the jar and that old guitar 

        G            C
In this hangdog ---- hotel room.