Tunica Motel chords by Tony Joe White

Chords with lyrics

Tunica Motel
Tony Joe White


intro:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----2--4------2---------------------2--2--4------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------2-h-4---4s2--0--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--2----------------------2---0---2---------------------------------|


Chords:

verse 1:
F# minorF#m         F#m7F#m7
Monday looked like a downer
F# minorF#m         F#m7F#m7
Tuesday looked like rain
    E MajorE
A augmentedA bad altitude
   B7B7        F# minorF#m
And I knew I needed a change

Verse 2:

F# minorF#m       F#m7F#m7
Head out on the highway
F# minorF#m        F#m7F#m7
Cruising way down south
  E MajorE
I knew a little place
     B7B7           F# minorF#m
Where we might could work it all out

Chorus 1:
D5D5    E MajorE          F# minorF#m
I'm so tired of fighting with myself
    B5B5            E MajorE   F# minorF#m
Gonna spend a little time at the Tunica Motel


Verse 3:

F# minorF#m        F#m7F#m7
Just outside of Memphis,
F# minorF#m   F#m7F#m7
Highway 61
E MajorE          B7B7
Sleepy little town down by the
       F# minorF#m
Mississippi River

Verse 4:
F# minorF#m           F#m7F#m7
I'm gonna lay out on a houseboat
F# minorF#m         F#m7F#m7
Until my hide turns brown
E MajorE
Ain't gonna move 'till the
B7B7        F# minorF#m
Evening sun goes down

Chorus 2:
     D5D5     E MajorE             F# minorF#m
Fried chicken to go and they got live bait for sale
 B5B5           E MajorE   F# minorF#m
Anything you need at the Tunica Motel

Verse 5:
F# minorF#m        F#m7F#m7
I find myself at midnight
F# minorF#m           F#m7F#m7
Moving to the back porch blues
  E MajorE       B7B7
The guitar cries, telling me
      F# minorF#m
About the hard times

verse 6:
F# minorF#m           F#m7F#m7
Something moves in the shadows
F# minorF#m        F#m7F#m7
Giving me a little chill
       E MajorE
I thought I saw Robert Johnson
B7B7           F# minorF#m
Walking out across the field

chorus 3:
       D5D5       E MajorE           F# minorF#m
There ain't hardly anybody left who even knows the tale
B5B5           E MajorE   F# minorF#m