{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1954679,"song":"Sitting In My Hotel","artist":"The Kinks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1954679-sitting-in-my-hotel-chords-by-the-kinks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1954679?type=chord","rating":4.74866,"votes":16,"content":"Song: Sitting in my hotel\r\nArtist: The Kinks\r\nComposer: Ray Davies\r\nAlbum: Everybody's in show business\r\n\r\nTabbed by DJ   26th Feb 2017\r\n\r\nIGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website\r\ndisplays, they are generated automatically from a\r\ngeneric database and often don't show the best\r\noption for a particular chord progression. Just use\r\nthe voicings suggested in the text column numbers\r\n\r\nF     = xx3211   C7    = x32310   Gm = 355333\r\nAm/E  = xx2210   Dm7   = xx0211   Dm = xx0231\r\nF7/Eb = xx1211   Dm7/C = x30211   Eb = x68886\r\nC     = x32010   Bb    = x13331   A7 = x02020\r\nG7    = 320001   F/A   = x03211   F7 = 131211\r\n\r\nPlease take a second to scroll down to the bottom of\r\nthe page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks\r\n=====================================================\r\n[Intro] (Over the sound hole pat all the strings with\r\n         the flat of your palm to make a beat)\r\n[tab]  ([ch]F[/ch])\r\n|  /   /   /   /  |[/tab]\r\n   ^   ^   ^\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf my friends could see me now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am/E[/ch]\r\nDriving 'round just like a film star,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F7/Eb[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn a chauffeur driven jam jar, they would laugh,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                    [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    They would all be saying that it's not really me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                    [ch]C7[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    They would all be asking who I'm trying to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf my friends could see me now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am/E[/ch]                           [ch]F7/Eb[/ch] \r\nLooking out my hotel window dressed in satin strides,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]Dm7/C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd two-tone dai - sy     roots,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F/A[/ch]\r\nIf my friends could see me now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI know they would smile[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSitting in my ho - tel,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F7[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHiding from the dramas of this great big world,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]    \r\n     Seven stories high, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F/A[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nLooking at the world go by------,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSitting in my hotel room,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Dm/C[/ch]     [ch]F7/Eb[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThinking of the country- side and sunny days in June,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n     Trying to hide the gloom,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F7[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F/A[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSitting in my hotel room---------![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf my friends could see me now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am/E[/ch]\r\nDressing up in my bow-tie,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F7/Eb[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPrancing 'round the room, like some outrageous poof,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    They would tell me that I'm just being used,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    They would ask me what I'm trying to prove[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey would see me in my hotel,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am/E[/ch]\r\nWatching late shows 'til the morning,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F7/Eb[/ch]                      [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]Dm7/C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWriting songs for old time vaude - ville re  - vues,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F/A[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll my friends would ask me what it's all leading to?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSitting in my ho - tel looking through the window...[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F7[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAt the people in the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n     Seven stories high,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F/A[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLooking at the world go by--------------,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSitting in my hotel,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]F7[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F/A[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nLooking at the world out - side---------![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf my friends could see me now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am/E[/ch]                             [ch]F7/Eb[/ch]\r\nThey would try to understand me, they would ask me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F7[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]Dm7/C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhat on earth I'm trying to    prove,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F/A[/ch]\r\nAll my friends would ask me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat it's all leading to?[/tab]","plain_text":"Song: Sitting in my hotel\nArtist: The Kinks\nComposer: Ray Davies\nAlbum: Everybody's in show business\n\nTabbed by DJ   26th Feb 2017\n\nIGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website\ndisplays, they are generated automatically from a\ngeneric database and often don't show the best\noption for a particular chord progression. Just use\nthe voicings suggested in the text column numbers\n\nF     = xx3211   C7    = x32310   Gm = 355333\nAm/E  = xx2210   Dm7   = xx0211   Dm = xx0231\nF7/Eb = xx1211   Dm7/C = x30211   Eb = x68886\nC     = x32010   Bb    = x13331   A7 = x02020\nG7    = 320001   F/A   = x03211   F7 = 131211\n\nPlease take a second to scroll down to the bottom of\nthe page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks\n=====================================================\n[Intro] (Over the sound hole pat all the strings with\n         the flat of your palm to make a beat)\n\n   ^   ^   ^\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["F","C7","Gm","Am/E","Dm","F7/Eb","C","Eb","Bb","A7","G7","F/A","F7","Dm7","Dm7/C","Dm/C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}