Whiskeyclone, Hotel City, 1997

Beck

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C#Diagram coming soon

F#Diagram coming soon

BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro- (A)(C#)(E)(C#) X2 
 
A     E            F# 
I was born in this Hotel 
A       E             F# 
Washin' dishes in the sink 
A   E              F# 
Magazines and free soda 
A      E          F# 
Tryin' hard not to think 
 
C#     E         B 
Playin' on to the dawn 
C#   E               B 
Everything we know is wrong 
C#      E                B 
I'll be lonesome when I'm gone 
C#      E        B  A  F#   A  F#  A  F# 
Playin' on to the daaaawn 
 
BRIDGE(INTRO X5) 
She could talk to squirrels 
Comin' back from the convalescent home 
Starin at sportscars 
Cryin' 
 
VERSE 2 
Rattlesnake on my shoulder 
Gunpowder on my sleeve 
I will live here forever 
With the ocean and the bees 
 
repeat Chorus 
INTRO 5X 
Playin' oooooooon to the dawn...(ad infinitum)

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Chord set

A · C# · E · F# · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.