Motel Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays506

Motel by Caitlin Canty is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, F#m and E. 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
  			Prelude 
     A                           D 
In a motel with a bouquet in the ice pail 
        A                       D 
You can tell them I'm doing OK, doing real well 


verse 1 
         F#m                A 
I've got six strings in the morning 
    E                        D 
The rain danced on the roof last night 
F#m               A 
Moon rose without warning 
         E                 D 
Took its time crossing the sky 


verse 2 
        A                                   D 
I could tell you about lonely roads and the high way 
        A                                  D 
I could warn you about the trouble and the time it takes 
    A                       F#m            D       F#m 
But California woke up this morning with a sweet refrain 


F#m                    A 
Yellow sun beat on the window 
    E                              D 
The light cut straight through the blinds 
       F#m                A 
It was love that broke my sorrow 
         E               D 
Like the day breaks the night 


Instrumental 
E  A 
D  A  (x3) 

 
F#m                    A 
Yellow sun beat on the window 
    E                              D 
The light cut straight through the blinds 
       F#m                A 
It was love that broke my sorrow 
       E            D    A 
Like a day breaks a long night 


Outro 
     A                           D 
In a motel with a bouquet in the ice pail 
        A                             D 
You can tell them I'm doing OK, doing real well 
    	

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