Hotel Can't Afford Ya

Hotel Can’t Afford Ya by Apologetix Bm F# From a dark desert highway, we pulled into the inn A E Rome called for a census, I was from Bethlehem G D Up above from a distance a star was giving me light Em My wife was heavy ‘cause her child was due F# We had to stop for the night Bm F# So I stood in the doorway of Bethlehem hotel A E And I was thinking to myself "I hope to heaven they'll give me some help" G D But they told us no-can-do and they sent me away Em F# "There's a place around the corner though where you both can stay" G D Welcome, but the hotel can't afford ya Em Bm Such a lovely place but we're out of space G D Ran out of room and the hotel can't afford ya E F# It's the time of year with the census here Bm F# My wife was definitely gifted, that's what the Lord's angel said A E She was about to have a baby boy while still virgin G D Spent the night in the barnyard, cheap slumlord's rent Em F# Some night to remember, some night to forget Bm F# So because of what happened I was grieving for my wife A E I said "They probably haven't cleaned in here since B.C. 65" G D Animal voices were calling for straw and hay Em F# Keeping you up through the middle of the night just as if to say… G D Welcome, but the hotel can't afford ya Em Bm Such a lovely place, but we're out of space G D Holiday rush and the hotel can't afford ya Em F# What a nice surprise for your silent night (Play next verse quieter) Bm F# He was born that evening and shepherds came that night A E And they said "We're all just visitors here of the Holy Christ" G D And in an donkey’s manger, they found the boy asleep Em F# They started getting teary eyed so they went back to their sheep Bm F# Last thing I remember there were wise men at the door A E They had a bunch of packages from the place they were before G D "We're late," said the wise men "We had problems Christmas Eve Em F# We've been checking out your shiny light all through the Middle East" Tabbed by Brian Mehlman