Railway Hotel chords by Justin Hayward, Mike Batt and London Philharmonic Orchestra

SimplifiedD · Em · G · E · C#dim …

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D
Em
G
E
C#dim
A
Bm
Asus4
Am
F#m
C
Dsus4

Intro 1

C#dim

Asus4

Verse 1
D 
Em 
D 
We went to the room and we bolted the door,
Em 
E 
The bass from the jukebox was
A 
Am 
coming through the floor,
A 
D 
Em 
And out through the walls we
F#m 
D 
G 
D 
could still hear the roar of the trains.
C 
D 
Was this all the com
Em 
F#m 
D 
fort we got   for our sins?
E 
A 
No candles, no waiters, no soft violins?
D 
Em 
F#m 
A dirty electric
G 
convector plugged into the mains.
D 

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Verse 2

I had wanted much more for

the first night with you,

But the railway hotel was the

F#m

best I could do.

I knew the Savoy would

have suited you well,

But the best I could do was the railway

Interlude 1

hotel.

Verse 3
D 
Em 
A 
Away in the sky were
F#m 
D 
the lights of a jet,
E 
Burning in the night like
A 
Asus4 
a slow cigarette.
Am 
A 
D 
Em 
A 
The lamp in the street threw a
F#m 
D 
G 
D 
C 
D 
soft  silhouette on the wall.
Em 
And though it was crumbling
F#m 
D 
and rundown and dead
E 
A 
A chair and a sink and an old single bed,
D 
Em 
F#m 
D 
G 
The love we began and the things that we said,
D 
I recall.
C 
Dsus4 

Verse 4
D 
A 
I had wanted much more for
D 
the first night with you,
G 
But the railway hotel was
D 
A 
D 
the best I could do.
A 
I knew the Savoy would
D 
have suited you well,
Em 
D 
G 
But the best I   could do was the railway hotel.