Motel Lights Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays452

Motel Lights by Cooder Graw is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords F, C, G, Bb, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro chords: 
F    C    G   Bb   C    G 
 
 
G 
Little did she know 
Em 
The ring wouldn?t go 
     C              G 
With him out to the bar 
G         Em 
Newlyweds, barely out of bed 
             C                         G 
And now he?s leaving in another girl?s car 
D 
She should?ve known 
         C 
When she took him home 
    G 
And stole him from another 
     D                        C 
He?d do the same thing with a wedding ring 
    G              Em 
And leave it a lover 
    C                        D 
She thought she could change all of the things 
     G               Em 
That kept him out at night 
         C                 D 
But even gold can?t hold a man 
             C              D   
Who sold his home for motel lights 
          F            C                  G  
Now these motel lights flicker outside my door 
       F                    C               G  
Well I guess I deserve everything I get and more 
         F          C          G 
And that vacancy reminds me of what I?ve got in store 
         F             	 C                  D 
As these motel lights flicker outside my door 
He sells a lie she still wants to buy 
But that can?t last for long 
Who wants to wait at home all day 
For a man who never wants to come home 
She can?t keep the faith at home all day 
And her mind begins to stray 
She starts to think about having a drink 
At a little place down the way 
She can?t believe she?s about to leave the home 
She tried to build 
But she gets in a car with a man from the bar 
Up to her neck in guilt 
  
Chorus  

    	

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