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"Motel Blues"

By Loudon Wainwright III
Tab by Emily Whittredge

Intro:

G D G D A D _ _ D

D
In this town television shuts off at two
D
What can a lonely rock and roller do?
A
All the beds are big and the sheets are clean
A
And your girlfriend said that you were nineteen

D
Styrofoam ice buckets full of ice
C D
Come up to my motel room treat me nice
D
Well I don't want to make no late night New York calls
D
And I don't want to stare at them ugly grass matt walls

A
Chronologically I know you're young
A
But when you kissed me in the club you bit my tongue
D
I'll write a song for you
D
And I'll put it on my next CD
C
If you just come up to my motel room and sleep with me

Break

D
Well there's a bible in the drawer don't be afraid
D
We'll put up a sign to warn the cleanup maid

A
Yeah there's lots of soap and lots of towels
A
So nevermind them desk clerk scowls
D
I'll buy you breakfast
D
They might think you're my wife
C
If you come up to my motel room
D
Save my life
C
Save my life
D
You saved my life