Cecil Hotel
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Intro
Dm F C Dm
Dm F C Dm
[Verso 1]
Dm F
Ain't worked in months,
C Dm
Ain't been home in twelve,
Dm F
Got myself a room,
C Dm
Down at the Cecil hotel,
Dm F
Junkies whores and vagabonds,
C Dm
Infamous clientele,
Dm F
If walls could scream they would,
C Dm Dm
The stories they'd tell.
[Refrão]
G F
Before I go to sleep at night,
C G
Pray the devil don't find me dead,
G F
Saint Christopher round my neck,
C G
Got a bible near my bed,
G F
Yeah, I get down on my knees,
C G
Pray the devil don't find me dead,
Dm F
I sleep with one eye open,
C Dm
And a shotgun by my head,
Dm F
I sleep with one eye open,
C Dm F C Dm
And a shotgun by my head.
[Verso 2]
Dm F
Had land, a wife and kids,
C Dm
Drought buried us in red,
Dm F
Every Sunday prayed for rain,
C Dm
Got clouds of dust instead,
Dm F
Banker tried to take my farm,
C Dm
In a rage I shot him dead,
Dm F
Gonna burn for what I done,
C Dm
Kissed my family and I fled.
[Refrão]
G F
Before I go to sleep at night,
C G
Pray the devil don't find me dead,
G F
Saint Christopher round my neck,
C G
Got a bible near my bed,
G F
Yeah, I get down on my knees,
C G
Pray the devil don't find me dead,
Dm F
I sleep with one eye open,
C Dm
And a shotgun by my head,
Dm F
I sleep with one eye open,
C Dm F C Dm
And a shotgun by my head.
Interlude
Dm F C Dm
Dm F C Dm
Dm F C Dm
[Verso 3]
Dm F
Each morning I make my way,
C Dm
Down to the Sally Ann,
Dm F
Join the food line and try to find,
C Dm
Some kinda of work if I can,
Dm F
I live among the shadows,
C Dm
No beauty for the damned,
Dm F
I spend my days alone,
C Dm
Life of a wanted man.
[Refrão]
G F
Before I go to sleep at night,
C G
Pray the devil don't find me dead,
G F
Saint Christopher round my neck,
C G
Got a bible near my bed,
G F
Yeah, I get down on my knees,
C G
Pray the devil don't find me dead,
Dm F
I sleep with one eye open,
C Dm
And a shotgun by my head,
Dm F
I sleep with one eye open,
C Dm
And a shotgun by my head,
Dm F
Yeah, I sleep with one eye open,
C Dm
And a shotgun by my head.
Outro
Dm F C Dm
Dm F C Dm
How to play Cecil Hotel
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