Standing At A Big Hotel chords by Joe Ely

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:
D MajorD              F7sus4F7sus4 D MajorD
I was standing at a big hotel,
G+G
Wishing everybody well,
  D MajorD                 A augmentedA    A7A7
But if anybody paid me any mind it was hard to tell,
D MajorD             F7sus4F7sus4 D MajorD
A augmentedA big policeman on his beat,
G+G                    D MajorD
Pulled his pistol and he pointed at me, looking down the barrel,
             A7A7
I could see the gates of hell,
            D MajorD
I was Standing At A augmentedA Big Hotel.

D MajorD                F7sus4F7sus4 D MajorD
So i went walking down the avenue,
G+G
Looking for someone that looked like you,
   D MajorD           A augmentedA     A7A7
But I never saw a face that seemed to ring a bell,
 D MajorD                F7sus4F7sus4 D MajorD
I stopped beside the five and dime,
   G+G
Just window-shopping & wasting time,
   D MajorD                      A augmentedA  A7A7
When along came a gal who sold me all she had to sell,
               D MajorD
She left me Standing At A augmentedA Big Hotel.

Chorus:
A augmentedA                  D MajorD
I lost my mind in the wilds of Hollywood,
 A7A7                  D MajorD
I did some time in the shadows where I stood,
A augmentedA        A7A7       D MajorD
I let the cards fall where they fell...
   A augmentedA               D MajorD
And I found myself Standing At A augmentedA Big Hotel.

Verse:
D MajorD                 F7sus4F7sus4 D MajorD
A augmentedA blind lady with her old tin cup,
G+G
Had her pencils all sharpened up,
    D MajorD                        A augmentedA  A7A7
She was standing in the door just to see what she could sell,
  D MajorD               F7sus4F7sus4 D MajorD
But nobody bought a thing all night,
     G+G
They just thought she was a pitiful sight,
      D MajorD               A augmentedA  A7A7
Though the lord helps a girl who helps herself,
         D MajorD
Standing At A augmentedA Big Hotel.

D MajorD                   F7sus4F7sus4 D MajorD
Well I know what you're thinking today,
   G+G
I can feel it though I'm miles away,
D MajorD                 A augmentedA  A7A7
Everybody knows I love my southern belle,
       D MajorD             F7sus4F7sus4 D MajorD
But from the east to the wild, wild west,
      G+G
They say a bird in the hand is best,
  D MajorD                       A augmentedA A7A7
So here I am with a bird dog and a bottle of muscatel,
         D MajorD
Standing At A augmentedA Big Hotel.

Chorus:
A augmentedA                  D MajorD
I lost my mind in the wilds of Hollywood,
 A7A7                  D MajorD
I did some time in the shadows where I stood,
A augmentedA        A7A7       D MajorD
I let the cards fall where they fell...
   A augmentedA               D MajorD  F#F# G7G7 F#m7F#m7
And I found myself Standing At A augmentedA Big Hotel,
    A augmentedA               D MajorD
Yeah I found myself Standing At A augmentedA Big Hotel.