A
He drove up to the motel in his town & country car
E E7 A
He watched the working women with the field hands from the farm
A A7 D C#m Bm
He walked into the lobby with his pleased to see you smile
Bm E A
Scribbled on to the register his fictitious name & smiled
E E7 F#m
The skin on his face like a well worn saddle
D A E
Smiled as he said goodnight
D A Bm F#m
At the Melody Motel it was business as usual
Bm E A
As the girls wiped the tears from their eyes.
Bb F F7 Bb Bb Eb Dm Cm Cm F Bb
Bb F
Slumped in his favourite armchair, his face grey as stone
F F7 Bb
His feet upon the table, next to the chicken bones
Bb Bb7 Eb Dm Cm
He seemed to show no feelings picking corn out from his teeth
Cm F Bb
The police down at the motel as the blood dried on the sheets.
F F7 Gm
The skin on his face like a well worn saddle
Eb Bb F
Smiled as he said goodnight
Eb Bb Cm Gm
At the Melody Motel it was business as usual
Cm F Gb Ab Bb
As the girls wiped the tears from their eyes.
Eb Bb Cm Gm
At the Melody Motel it was business as usual
Cm
As the girls wiped the tears
F Gb Ab Bb
As the girls wiped the tears from their eyes.
