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Chords: A B F G E C F#
e----------0----0----1----3----0----0----2----|
B----------0----0----1----3----0----0----2----|
G----------6----8----2----4----1----9----3----|
D----------7----9----3----5----2--- 10---4----|
A----------7----9----3----5----2--- 10---4----|
E----------5----7----1----3----0----8----2----|
Intro A B A B
A B A B
A B A B
Don't you know I need a place to stay
A B A B
Only fifteen bucks a day
F
I didn't want to end up here
G
But now I guess I need to stay
A B
A B
(second verse, same as the first!)
River red, runs like lead
And the smell of kerosene in my head
Stuck here in this shithole
Reading foreign magazines instead
Chorus
A B
A A
B
"But senor, I only have ten dollars;
B
Can't you spare me a room for the night?"
A G E
We argue about currency and then
C
He says I can stay for the night
E G C A
In this Panama City Motel
G F# E G C
I am out on the freeway again
A B
A B
A B
A B
(third verse)
A woman approaches in Barcelona
Walking down the Diagonalia
Spaghetti concrete overpasses
I keep grasping for something familiar
Chorus
Repeat 2nd part of Chorus again
then follow the "A B" rhythm while singing ad lib
"Oh No... Don't you know I need a place to stay"
the song finishes on a sustained A
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