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Panama City Motel by Sugar
Panama City Motel
To acheive Bob Mould's sound play this song with layered acoustic and
electric guitars. Also, take a look at the barre chords and note which
ones have the B and e strings open.
Chords: A B F G E C F#
e----------0----0----1----3----0----0----2----|
B----------0----0----1----3----0----0----2----|
G----------6----8----2----4----1----9----3----|
D----------7----9----3----5----2--- 10---4----|
A----------7----9----3----5----2--- 10---4----|
E----------5----7----1----3----0----8----2----|
Intro: A B A B
A B A B
A B A B
Don't you know I need a place to stay
A B A B
Only fifteen bucks a day
F
I didn't want to end up here
G
But now I guess I need to stay
A B
A B
(second verse, same as the first!)
River red, runs like lead
And the smell of kerosene in my head
Stuck here in this shithole
Reading foreign magazines instead
Chorus:
A B
A A
B
"But senor, I only have ten dollars;
B
Can't you spare me a room for the night?"
A G E
We argue about currency and then
C
He says I can stay for the night
E G C A
In this Panama City Motel
G F# E G C
I am out on the freeway again
A B
A B
A B
A B
(third verse)
A woman approaches in Barcelona
Walking down the Diagonalia
Spaghetti concrete overpasses
I keep grasping for something familiar
Chorus
Repeat 2nd part of Chorus again
then follow the "A B" rhythm while singing ad lib
"Oh No... Don't you know I need a place to stay"
the song finishes on a sustained A
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version 2
Asus2 = x02200 Bsus = x24400
Intro Asus2 Bsus ||x4
Verse 1
Asus2 Bsus Asus2 Bsus
Don't you know I need a place to stay
Asus2 Bsus Asus2
It’s only fifteen bucks a day
F G
I didn't want to end up here but now I guess I need to stay
Interlude Asus2 Bsus ||x2
Asus2 Bsus Asus2 Bsus
River red, runs like lead
Asus2 Bsus Asus2
And the smell of kerosene in my head
F G
Stuck here in this shithole reading porn magazines instead
Interlude Asus2 Bsus |Asus2 ||
Pre chorus
Bsus
But senor, I only have ten dollars, can't you give me a room for the night?
Asus2 G E Bsus
We argue about currency and then he says I can stay for the night
Chorus
E G Cmaj7 Asus2
In this Panama City Motel
E G Cmaj7
I am out on the freeway again
Interlude Asus2 Bsus ||x4
Verse 3
Asus2 Bsus Asus2 Bsus
A woman approaches in Barcelona
Asus2 Bsus Asus2
Walking down the Diagonalia
F G
Spaghetti concrete overpasses I keep grasping for something familiar
Interlude Asus2 Bsus |Asus2 ||
Pre chorus
Bsus
But senor, I only have ten dollars; can't you give me a room for the night?
Asus2 G E Bsus
We argue about currency and then he says I can stay for the night
Chorus
E G Cmaj7 Asus2
In this Panama City Motel
E G Cmaj7
I am out on the freeway again
E G Cmaj7 Asus2
In this Panama City Motel
E G Cmaj7
I am out on the freeway again, no, no
Asus2 Bsus Asus2 Bsus
Don't you know (don’t you know) don’t you know (don’t you know)
Asus2 Bsus Asus2 D
Don't you know I need a place to stay?
Asus2 D
Don't you know (I need a place to stay)
Asus2 D
Don't you know (I need a place to stay)
Asus2 D Asus2 D Asus2
Don't you know I need a place to stay?
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