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1/12

Tempo 80 BPMVol

Sound:

Position

Step 1 / 12Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Continuing my dump of O'Rourke tabs + chords with Hotel Blue, from his latest record 'Simple Songs' ('there
account of some chords I wouldn't expect a novice to know. It's not really a particularly difficult song
though. Where I've written C/B play:
e|-0-|
B|-1-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|---|
[Intro]
F#m G Bm
F#m A#m Bm Em A
Between the F#m and G, play the 2nd fret then the 4th fret on the G-string.  Between the G and Bm, and between
this riff:
e|-----------------------|
B|---------------2-2-0-0-|
G|---------0-2---2-2-2-2-|
D|-----0-2-------2-2-2-2-|
A|-0-2---------0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------|
[Verse]
F#mThat shadow you're seGeingBm  
Has nF#mowhere to goA#m  
There's Bmno way of saying
JuEmst go homeA  
F#mThere's no sense in wGearingBm  
White so yF#mou can't bA#me
Seen out Bmin the open
ThEmere's always meA  
[Chorus]
CCome on C/Bboard with us noAmwEb  
CIt's a lC/Bong way to Amgo
And Gnowhere to sFtow
WhEmere you'd be aDllowed
[Verse]
F#mThere's no harm in aGskingBm  
It won't chF#mange a thingA#m  
I cBmould or couldn't do for you
EmOn the wayA  
F#mWe'd better get gGoingBm  
Not much lF#meft to see of yA#mou
If we wait for the Bmsun to 
Emgo downA  
[Instrumental]
C C/B Am Eb
C C/B Am
G F
Em D
[Outro]
CCome on C/Bboard with us noAmw
Cause all seats are FtakCen
Been tBbaken aFway
Far awDmayAm  
Repeat last 3 lines thrice, omitting the last line on the last repeat.

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Hotel Blue

by Jim O'Rourke

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

A#m

C/B

Continuing my dump of O'Rourke tabs + chords with Hotel Blue, from his latest record 'Simple Songs' ('there

account of some chords I wouldn't expect a novice to know. It's not really a particularly difficult song

though. Where I've written C/B play:

e|-0-|

B|-1-|

G|-0-|

D|-0-|

A|-2-|

E|---|

[Intro]

F#m G Bm

F#m A#m Bm Em A

Between the F#m and G, play the 2nd fret then the 4th fret on the G-string. Between the G and Bm, and between

this riff:

e|-----------------------|

B|---------------2-2-0-0-|

G|---------0-2---2-2-2-2-|

D|-----0-2-------2-2-2-2-|

A|-0-2---------0-0-0-0-0-|

E|-----------------------|

[Verse]

F#m G Bm

That shadow you're seeing

F#m A#m

Has nowhere to go

There's no way of saying

Em A

Just go home

F#m G Bm

There's no sense in wearing

F#m A#m

White so you can't be

Seen out in the open

Em A

There's always me

[Chorus]

C C/B Am Eb

Come on board with us now

C C/B Am

It's a long way to go

G F

And nowhere to stow

Em D

Where you'd be allowed

[Verse]

F#m G Bm

There's no harm in asking

F#m A#m

It won't change a thing

I could or couldn't do for you

Em A

On the way

F#m G Bm

We'd better get going

F#m A#m

Not much left to see of you

If we wait for the sun to

Em A

go down

[Instrumental]

C C/B Am Eb

C C/B Am

G F

Em D

[Outro]

C C/B Am

Come on board with us now

F C

Cause all seats are taken

Bb F

Been taken away

Dm Am

Far away

Repeat last 3 lines thrice, omitting the last line on the last repeat.

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