Evangeline Hotel chords by Tom Russell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tom Russell - Evangeline Hotel


CAPO: 3rd Fret



Intro:
G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC

Verse 1:
     G+G
Well, she moves like Betty Grable
     C majorC        G+G
She's an actress waiting tables
                      D MajorD
And all her tips are kept inside a wishing well
       G+G
She's got an agent down the hall
       C majorC      G+G
He's got her photo on his wall
             D MajorD      G+G
She's got a room at the Evangeline Hotel

Verse 2:
       G+G
And from the tenth floor fire escape
    C majorC          G+G
She can see the great white way
                         D MajorD
But not the street and not the eyes of those who fell
        G+G
She dreams she sees her name in lights
        C majorC      G+G
She dreams that dream every night
            D MajorD      G+G
Room ten-o-four at the Evangeline Hotel


Chorus:
       D MajorD
It's "Rock of Ages Cleft for Thee"
       C majorC       G+G
She's just a child of Tennessee
                        D MajorD
Her daddy's girl, her golden curls locked in a spell
        G+G
Where you don't play your music loud
     C majorC       G+G
And there ain't no men allowed
             D MajorD      G+G
On Friday nights at the Evangeline Hotel

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC G+G  D MajorD  G+G  C majorC G+G  D MajorD  G+G


Verse 3:
      G+G
You make it here, so they declare
       C majorC         G+G
Then you can make it anywhere
                           D MajorD
Those old clichés ring through the halls just like a bell
      G+G
But tell it to the ones who wait
      C majorC      G+G
Behind the 23rd Street gate
             D MajorD      G+G
On Friday nights at the Evangeline Hotel


Chorus:
       D MajorD
It's "Rock of Ages Cleft for Thee"
      C majorC       G+G
She's going back to Tennessee
                        D MajorD
She's got a watch and winter coat that she can sell
        G+G
She learned the hard unspoken rule
        C majorC        G+G
And things you never learned in school
              D MajorD      G+G
All down the halls at the Evangeline Hotel


Verse 4:
      G+G
And you can knock on any door
  C majorC      G+G
Any room on any floor
             D MajorD      G+G  C majorC  G+G
It's all the same at the Evangeline Hotel
                D MajorD      G+G
The house of dreams called the Evangeline Hotel


Outro:
G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC