Tony Joe White - Tunica motel
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Fellow strummers... this song is sick
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Chords
F#/Gbm 244222
F#/Gbm7 242222
Badd9 x24422
E7 020100
B7 x21202
D7 xx0212
Riff 1
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D|----2--4------2---------------------2--2--4------------------------|
A|---------2--4----4s2--0--------------------------------------------|
E|--2----------------------2---0---2---------------------------------|
Riff 2
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D|----2--4------2----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------2--4----4s2--0--------------------------------------------|
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Intro
Riff1 x2
F#/GbmMonday looked like a downer F#/Gbm7
F#/GbmTuesday looked like rain Badd9
A bad altitude E7
And I knew I nB7eeded a change
Riff 1
F#/GbmHead out on the highway F#/Gbm7
F#/GbmCruising way down south Badd9
I knE7ew a little place
B7 Riff 1
Where I might could work it all out
D7 B7 Riff 1
I'm so tired of fighting with myself
D7 B7 Riff1
Gonna spend a little time at the Tunica Motel
F#/GbmJust outside of Memphis,F#/Gbm7
F#/GbmHighway 61 Badd9
E7Sleepy little town dB7own by the
Riff 1
Mississippi River
I'm gonna lF#ay out on a houseboat F#/Gbm7
F#/GbmUntil my hide turns brown Badd9
E7Ain't gonna move 'till the
B7 Riff 1
Evening sun goes down
D7 Riff 1
Fried chicken to go and they got live bait for sale
AnytD7hing you need at the TB7unica Motel
Riff2 x5
Riff1
I F#/Gbmfind myself at midnight F#/Gbm7
F#/GbmMoving to the back porch bluesBadd9
The E7guitar cries,B7 telling me
Riff 1
About the hard times
F#/GbmSomething moves in the shadowF#/Gbm7s
F#/GbmGiving me a little chBadd9ill
I thought I sE7aw Robert Johnson
B7 Riff 1
Walking out across the field
D7 B7 Riff 1
There ain't hardly anybody left who even knows the tale
D7 B7 Riff2
Gimme the blues at the Tunica Motel
Riff2 fade to end
"The best things in life aren't things"
-John Butler Trio