Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
Ab
C
G
C
Ab
C
Gm
Bb
Dm
F
Gm
C
Verse 1
Clothes scattered across the floor
A
F
G
F
Em
Through the endless days and nights
Dm
A
Em
Hiding something they can`t show
A
F
G
Something no- one
Em
A
must know
Verse 2
Bb
Dm
While the sign outside says there`s
A
C#m
No vacancy as you take your key
Bb
Dm
They smile at you so understand
Interlude 1
Bb
Dm
F
Dm
Bb
Gm
C
Verse 3
Woke the porter from his sleep
Dm
F
Dm
As he went to fetch his key s
A
F
G
Em
This terrible nightmare
Dm
Em
F
His or hers he could not tell
G
Em
A
Dbm
Bb
Dm
A
C#m
Bb
As they were sleeping
there
Dm
Interlude 2
C#m
D#
D#m
E
F#
C#m
D#m
D#
Em
E
F#
Verse 4
F#
[Chorus:]
Bm
Bb
And I wish he could be
Am
G
Bm
The man he was before he was me
Interlude 3
Dm
F
A
C
Dm
Gm
Dm
F
Dm
G
Gm
Verse 5
at first light
And inquired if they`d been seen
Missing out thirteen
Dm
Em
And they said oh my darling
F
G
Put it down to superstition
Dm
Em
Try to avoid a scandal
F
G
Em
And don`t arouse suspicion
G
Dm
Em
They re- arranged the fur niture
F
G
Em
A
They even papered over the door
Verse 6
Dbm
Bb
number
A
C#m
Bb
Dm
A
C#m
No va cancy as
Bb
Dm
A
C#m
you take your key
Bb
Dm
A
C#m
They smile just so so
Bb
Dm
A
you know
Outro 1
[Chorus:]
A
C#m
Bb
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Dm
F
Dm
Bb
Gm
Bb
Dm
F
Dm
Bb
Gm
A
C#m
Eb
Bb
E
B
F#
D#m
F#
C#m
D#
D#m
E
B
Ebm
Bb
Dm
Em
A
F
G
Em
Dm
Em
A
F
G
Em
C#m
Eb
E
B
C#m
Eb
E
B
D#m
Dm
A
Em
A
F
G
Em
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