Josh Ritter – Hotel Song (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

------------- G* - Walk down to Em D* - Switch between D and Dsus4
[Intro]
   G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|---0-2/3-2-0----3-2-0-2-2/3-2-0---------------------|
E|-3-----------0------------------3-------------------|
[Verse 1]
 G
Sunday night, it's supper time

     Em
The hotel's full and all is fine

        C
You can see that neon no vacancy sign

         D
From the window of room 39

G
  Monday morning at half past eight

    Em
Everbody's gone they've left no trace

  C
I sit alone as the day grows late

 D                             G
Wait to see your friendly face

 G
Why you chose my hotel

    Em
I'm not real qualified to tell

     C
It's just your face I remember well

         D
When you asked if I had a room to sell

     G
Well,   maybe you liked just what you saw

    Em
The cable tv and the indoor spa

   C
Or maybe it was the low low price

D                  G
  27 bucks a night.
[Chorus]
D                            G*
 They say the highway is for lovers

Em        C                  G*
  But he ain't no friend of mine

Em          G
  Coz every time I find my heart

    Em            G           D  D*
I lose it to that long yellow line
[Verse 2)
G
You checked in I checked you out

    Em
You smiled from the corners of your mouth

  C
I turned on the no vacancy sign

       D
As you checked in to room 39

 G
I saw the light from your tv

          Em
You were watching channel 23

    C
The night was long, the dark was deep

  D                             G
I kind of cried myself to sleep
[Chorus]
D                             G*
  They say the highway is for lovers

Em        C                    G*
  But he ain't no friend of mine

Em          G
  Coz every time I find my heart

   Em             G            D  D*
I lose it to that long yellow line
[Verse 3]
G
Morning broke itself at last

    Em
You got your continental breakfast

C
Dropped off the key and said goodbye

  D
I think I thought I head you sigh

  G
I   caught a glimpse of your license plate

           Em
As you were drifting down the interstate

   C
It said you were from Delaware

       D                            G
I said oh it must be gorgeous there
[Chorus]
D                            G*
  They say the highway is for lovers

Em       C                    G*
  But he ain't no friend of mine

Em           G
  Coz every time I find my heart

   Em             G            D
I lose it to that long yellow line,

                     G
to that long yellow line
Em D G