Standin' at the Big Hotel chords by Joe Ely
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Verse 1
(D major) I was standin' at a big hotel
(G major) Wishin' everybody well
But if anybody (D major) paid me any mind,
it was hard (G major) to tell
(A major)
Verse 2
A big po (D major) liceman on his beat
Pulled his (G major) pistol and he pointed at me
(D major) Lookin' down the barrel I could
see the (G major) gates of hell (A major)
Standin' at a big hotel
(D major)
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Verse 3
So I went walkin' down the avenue
Lookin' for (G major) someone who looked like you
But I nev (D major) er saw a face
that seemed to (G major) ring a bell
(A major)
Verse 4
I stopped (D major) beside the five-and-dime
Just Just Just window (G major) shoppin'
and wastin' time
When along (D minor) came a gal (D major) who sold
me all she (G major) had to sell (A major)
She left me standin' at a big hotel
(D major)
Verse 5
(G major)
(A major) I lost my mind (C sharpdim) in the wilds
(A major) of Holly (D major) wood
And (G major) I did (A major) some time in the
shadows where I stood (D major) (G major)
(A major) I let the cards fall where they fell (D major)
(G major) And then I found (A major) myself
standin' (Aaug) at a (A major) big hotel
Verse 6
A (D major) (A major) (G major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (A major)
(D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (A flatdim)
(A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) blind lady (D minor) with a old tin cup (D major)
Had her pen (G major) cils all sharpened up
She was stand (D minor) in' in (D major) the door just
to see what she (G major) could sell
(A major)
Verse 7
But nobody (D minor) bought a thing (D major) all night
They just thought (G major) she was a pitiful sight
Now the Lord (D minor) (D major) helps the gal
who (G major) helps herself
(A major) Standin' at a big hotel
(D major)
Verse 8
Oh, but I know what
you're thinkin' today
I can feel (G major) it though I'm miles away
Everybody (D minor) knows I (D major) love my (G major) southern belle
(A major)
Verse 9
But from the (D minor) East (D major) to the wild, wild West
They say a bird (G major) in the hand is best
Here I am (D minor) with a bird dog (D major) and
a bottle of mus (G major) catel (A major)
Standin' at a big hotel
(D major)
Verse 10
(G major)
(A major) I lost my mind (F sharp minor) in the (A major) wilds of Hollywood (D major)
(G major) And then I did (A major) some time (F sharp minor) in the
(A major) shadows where I stood (D major) (G major)
(A major) I let the cards fall where (D major) they fell
(G major) And then I found (A major) myself
standin' at a big hotel (D major)
Yeah, (G major) I found (A major) myself
standin' at a big hotel
(G major) (D major)
Standin' at the Big Hotel
Joe Ely
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