just use my verse as a rough guide. In the first bar, as long as you
get the hammer-ons then it should sound fine. I’ve put a measure in
that Jack once played live, you can develop on that if you want.
Intro
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Verse
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Verse 1
G C
I was watching with one eye on the other side
D
I had fifteen people telling me to move
G
I got movin’ on my mind
G C
I found shelter in some thoughts turning wheels around
D
I said thirty-nine times that ‘I love you’
G
To the beauty I had found Well It’s
Chorus
G
One two three four take the elevator at the
C
Hotel Yorba I’ll be glad to see you later
D G F5 G
All they got inside is vacancy
Jack played this after the first verse once, live.
G C
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Verse 2
G C
I’ve been thinking of a little place down by the lake
D
They’ve got a dirty old road leading up to the house
G
I wonder how long it will take
G C
‘Till we’re alone sittin’ on the front porch of that home
D
Stomping our feet on the wooden boards
G
Never gonna worry about locking the door Well it’s
Chorus
G
One two three four take the elevator at the
C
Hotal Yorba I’ll be glad to see you later
D G F5 G
All they got inside is vacancy
Interlude (single strums)
G C D G
G C
It might sound silly for me to think childish thought like these
D G
But I’m so tired of acting tough, and I’m gonna do what I please
Verse 3
G C
Let’s get married in a big cathedral by a priest
D
‘Cos if I’m the man that you love the most
G
You could say ‘I do’ at least Well it’s
Chorus
G
One two three four take the elevator at the
C
Hotel Yorba I’ll be glad to see you later
D G
All they got inside is vacancy And it’s
G
Four five six seven grab you umbrella
C
Grab hold of me ‘cos I’m your favourite fella
D G C G D G
All they got inside is vacancy
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