Robert Earl Keen – The Rose Hotel (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
G                          Bm
He was walkin' through the alley way 

          C                      G
Where the drifters sleep and the wild dogs play 

    Am                  Em
The moon was black, the sky was grey 

   C              D
He thought he was alone 
[Verse 2]
G                      Bm
She was waiting at the rose hotel 

C                          G
across the street from the wishing well 

Am                   Em
Turned the latch and broke a nail 

C                  D
Checked her mobile phone 
[Chorus]
C             G    D             Em
Sometimes you run, sometimes you stall 

C             G               D
Sometimes you don't get up at all 

C             D                  G
Sometimes you run, sometimes you fall 
[Verse 3]
G                         Bm
He bought a ticket on the uptown tram 

C                  G
Got off at 8th and Birmingham 

Am              Em          
Wondered if she gave a damn 

C            D
about him anymore 
[Verse 4]
G                        Bm
She hadn't seen him in a year or so 

C                 G
Why he called she did not know 

Am                        Em        
She had the oldies on the radio 

    C              D||
and someone at the door 
[Chorus]
C             G    D             Em
Sometimes you run, sometimes you stall 

C             G               D
Sometimes you don't get up at all 

C             D                  G
Sometimes you run, sometimes you fall 
[Verse 5]
G                        Bm
He threw a nickle in the wishin' well 

C                         G
crossed the street to The Rose Hotel 

Am                    Em
Got no answer when he rang the bell 

      C             D
So he gave a little shout 
[Verse 6]
G                    Bm
Tiny watchman with a baseball bat 

  C                 G
A cheap cigar and a persian cat 

Am              Em           
Told him it was too bad 

     C                    D
that she had just checked out 
[Chorus]
C             G    D             Em
Sometimes you run, sometimes you stall 

C             G               D
Sometimes you don't get up at all 

C             D                  
Sometimes you run, sometimes you 
[Chorus]
C             G    D             Em
Sometimes you run, sometimes you stall 

C             G               D
Sometimes you don't get up at all 

C             D                  G
Sometimes you run, sometimes you fall