Motel Blues chords by Mike Zito

Chords with lyrics

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


Intro:
C majorC   G+G   D MajorD   G+G

Verse 1:
C majorC        G+G
 Same old room,  same old town,
D MajorD       G+G
 same old man  along with a frown.
C majorC        G+G
 Day old bread,  day old snow,
D MajorD                G+G
 day old sheets got me feeling low.

Chorus:
D MajorD      C majorC       G+G
 Sometimes I sleep in my shoes,
D MajorD       C majorC        G+G
 sometimes I get these Motel  Blues.

Verse 2:
C majorC          G+G
 Lock up that door,  lock up my mind,
D MajorD           G+G
 lock up that thief,  he’s in 309.
C majorC               G+G
 These walls are thin, yeah,  but these walls are mine;
D MajorD                  G+G
 thank God these walls they do confine.

Chorus:
D MajorD      C majorC       G+G
 Sometimes I sleep in my shoes,
D MajorD       C majorC        G+G       G+G
 sometimes I get these Motel  Blues.

Interlude:
C majorC   G+G   D MajorD   G+G
C majorC   G+G   D MajorD   G+G

Verse 3:
C majorC           G+G
 She’s made to order,  she’s made for fun;
D MajorD            G+G
 the maid she wants us out by one.
C majorC           G+G
 Check out time, hey,  check out these,
D MajorD                   G+G
 sometimes my life it brings me to my knees.

Chorus:
D MajorD      C majorC       G+G
 Sometimes I sleep in my shoes,
D MajorD      C majorC           G+G
 sometimes I’m just spreading the news.

Outro:
D MajorD         C majorC
 Sometimes, baby, I just lit the fuse,
D MajorD            C majorC    G+G
 sometimes I get these  Motel Blues.
D MajorD       C majorC        G+G       G+G
 Sometimes I get these Motel Blues.