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Hot Rod Hotel

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Hot Rod Hotel by Billy Bragg & Wilco
Tabbed by Ray Garza
Em                 G                  C           Am
I'm a porter and a night clerk at the old Hot Rod Hotel
  C                   Am             B                   Em
I clean and scrub the lobby down and thirty-one rooms as well
  Em                  G
I wax and shine their boots and shoes
  C                        Am
I brush down their crinkly clothes
      C                  Am           B                Em
And I meet the buses and trains and I show you to your door
     Em                   G              C                 Am
Bell-bottom pants brought two boys in at six-fourteen last night
    C                   Am             B                Em
Two girls checked in at ten-oh-two and I flipped on the light
    Em                  G                  C                  Am
The lamrod's wife looks in their doors and finds one terrible sight
      Am                 C                  B                    Em
Those boys and girls got bawled up in their doors and rooms that night
        DEmGEm
Bridge:     x2
A bloody flood could never mess these rooms up any worse
It looked like Moe had used this room to grease and breed a horse
Old gum and hairs and sticky rags, old bottles on the floors
Gobs of spit and condom rubbers on the windows, walls, and doors
The lammy tried to make me clean out that crappy mess
Or else he'd fire me off my job and let me starve to death
I laid aside my polish rag and I downed my dusting pan
And I've not seen the old Hot Rod nor that old town since then

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Free chords for Hot Rod Hotel by Wilco. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Hot Rod Hotel by Billy Bragg & Wilco
Tabbed by Ray Garza
Bridge: D Em G Em x2
A bloody flood could never mess these rooms up any worse
It looked like Moe had used this room to grease and breed a horse
Old gum and hairs and sticky rags, old bottles on the floors
Gobs of spit and condom rubbers on the windows, walls, and doors
The lammy tried to make me clean out that crappy mess
Or else he'd fire me off my job and let me starve to death
I laid aside my polish rag and I downed my dusting pan
And I've not seen the old Hot Rod nor that old town since then

Hot Rod Hotel Chords by Wilco

Learn how to play Hot Rod Hotel by Wilco with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “Hot Rod Hotel chords”, “Hot Rod Hotel guitar chords”, or “Wilco Hot Rod Hotel chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy Hot Rod Hotel chords and for experienced players who want accurate Hot Rod Hotel lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include Em, G, C, Am, B, D.

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