Railway Hotel Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: D A7 D G D G#dim A7 D G G Asus A7 Verse 1: D A7 D We went to the room and we bolted the door, E A7 The bass from the jukebox was coming through the floor, D A7 D G D Dsus D Dsus D And out through the walls we could still hear the roar of the trains. D A7 D Was this all the comfort we got for our sins? E A7 No candles, no waiters, no soft violins? D A7 D G D Dsus D A dirty electric convector plugged into the mains. Chorus: D Em D A7 A Bm A7 D I had wanted much more for the first night with you, A7 D7 G G D A D But the railway hotel was the best I could do. D Em D A7 A Bm A7 D I knew the Savoy would have suited you well, A7 D7 G G D A7 D G D G#dim A7 D G G Asus A7 But the best I could do was the railway hotel.

Verse 2: D A7 D Away in the sky were the lights of a jet, E A7 Burning in the night like a slow cigarette. D A7 D G D Dsus D Dsus D The lamp in the street threw a soft silhouette on the wall. D A7 D And though it was crumbling and rundown and dead E A7 A chair and a sink and an old single bed, D A7 D G D Dsus D The love we began and the things that we said, I recall. Chorus: D Em D A7 A Bm A7 D I had wanted much more for the first night with you, A7 D7 G G D A D But the railway hotel was the best I could do. D Em D A7 A Bm A7 D I knew the Savoy would have suited you well, A7 D7 G G D But the best I could do was the railway hotel. Outro: A7 D G D G#dim A7 D G G Asus A7 D Dsus D