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Bicycle Hotel

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 D– xx0232
D* – xx0032
 G– 320033
 Em– 022000
Intro: [D] [D*] [D] [D*] [D] [D*] 
[D*]
 DStuck in a hotel in Amsterdam
It’s about sunGdown for you
Your sleep doesn’t  Emhappen easy
 DChoice words for the payphone that doesn’t work
You can buy abGsinthe, cocaine, and heroin
 EmBut you can’t call home
 DFind sleep where you can
Situations to  Glaugh about when it’s over
 EmIt’s a long way from over D  
[D*] [D] [D*]
CHORUS
 DThinking of you around the world
ThinkGing of you arouEmnd the world
DThinking of you around the world
ThinkGing of you arouEmnd the world
[D] [D*] [D] [D*] [D] [D*] 
[D*]
 DHoled up in the city of Hamburg
Looking for siGgns of Liverpool
Down around  Emthe Reeperbahn
 DBergen and Dublin run together
Caffeine-fueled  Gdreams
Scottish ladies  Emon the brink
 DYou walk along the Winded-Down (??)
Unfamiliar empty  Gstreets, they don’t know who you are
 EmAt least you know who you are D  
[D*] [D] [D*]
CHORUS
[D] [D*] [D] [D*] [D] [D*]
CHORUS

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Bicycle Hotel

by Son Volt

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Chords

– xx0232

* – xx0032

– 320033

– 022000

D D D D D D

Intro: [] [*] [] [*] [] [*]

[*]

Stuck in a hotel in Amsterdam

It’s about sundown for you

Your sleep doesn’t happen easy

Choice words for the payphone that doesn’t work

You can buy absinthe, cocaine, and heroin

But you can’t call home

Find sleep where you can

Situations to laugh about when it’s over

Em D

It’s a long way from over

D D D

[*] [] [*]

CHORUS

Thinking of you around the world

G Em

Thinking of you around the world

G Em

Thinking of you around the world

D D D D D D

[] [*] [] [*] [] [*]

[*]

Holed up in the city of Hamburg

Looking for signs of Liverpool

Down around the Reeperbahn

Bergen and Dublin run together

Caffeine-fueled dreams

Scottish ladies on the brink

You walk along the Winded-Down (??)

Unfamiliar empty streets, they don’t know who you are

Em D

At least you know who you are

D D D

[*] [] [*]

CHORUS

D D D D D D

[] [*] [] [*] [] [*]

CHORUS

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