Deguello Motel
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F C
I live in a room with a green radio,
G C
Curled in the womb of a twenty-nine year low
F C Am
Four walls from heaven, and one sin from hell
C G C
In room seventeen at Deguello Motel
Am Em
The desk clerk's a jerk, an old carnival fellow,
F C
I ask where're you from, he said Lake Isabella
F C
I told him I'd been there, but I never had
G C
He looked at the clock, and I signed the pad.
Am Em
He said, "No dogs allowed," so I bought me a fish
F C
He lives by my bed in a souvenir dish
F C
Swims 'round in circles and eats once a day
G C
And looks a lot like my ex-wife's fiance.
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F C
I live in a room with a green radio,
G C
Curled in the womb of a twenty-nine year low
F C Am
Four walls from heaven, and one sin from hell
C G C
In room seventeen at Deguello Motel
Am Em
And there's a wasteland across the highway
F C
Where the lot lizards** roam and the big diesels stay
F C
The cops ask me questions, and I tell them jokes
G C
And that fat one, he's always a-bummin' my smokes
Am Em
And the swimming pool water is Chuck Berry green
F C
And the water pipes rattle like a pinball machine
F C
The walls are blood-red, and the sheets are Velveeta
G C
And that girl in 112 (one-twelve), she goes by Juanita
Am Em
Juanita's a dancer, she does the naked ballet
F C
I keep an eye on things while she's away
F C
She spends all her money, and half of mine, too
G C
Tryin' to get high enough to get naked for you
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F C
And I live in a room with a green radio,
G C
Curled in the womb of a twenty-nine year low
F C Am
Four walls from heaven, and one sin from hell
C G C
In room seventeen at Deguello Motel
Am Em
There's an old Mexican dirge this place is named after
F C
And I heard it once in a box office disaster
F C
The Duke told his boys, said it means leave or die
G
I don't know much Spanish, but John Wayne don't lie
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F C
And I live in a room with a green radio,
G C
Curled in the womb of a twenty-nine year low
F C Am
Four walls from heaven, and one sin from hell
C G C
In room seventeen at Deguello Motel
F C Am
I'm singin' like a pearl in a bottle of Prell
C G C
In room seventeen at Deguello Motel
How to play Deguello Motel
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The first identified chord is F. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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