Whiskeyclone, Hotel City, 1997 Chords

by Beck
KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays447

Whiskeyclone, Hotel City, 1997 by Beck is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, C#, E, F# and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			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) 


    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante