Hotel Cant Afford Ya
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Bm F# From a dark desert highway, we pulled into the innA E Rome called for a census, I was from BethlehemG D Up above from a distance a star was giving me lightEm My wife was heavy ‘cause her child was dueF# We had to stop for the nightBm F# So I stood in the doorway of Bethlehem hotelA And I was thinking to myself "IE hope to heaven they'll give me some help"G D But they told us no-can-do and they sent me awayEm "There's a place around the cornerF# though where you both can stay"G D Welcome, but the hotel can't afford yaEm Bm Such a lovely place but we're out of spaceG Ran out of room and the hotelD can't afford yaContinúa después del anuncioE It's the time of year with theF# census hereBm My wife was definitely gifted,F# that's what the Lord's angel saidA E She was about to have a baby boy while still virginG D Spent the night in the barnyard, cheap slumlord's rentEm F# Some night to remember, some night to forgetBm So because of what happened I wasF# grieving for my wifeA I said "They probably haven'tE cleaned in here since B.C. 65"G D Animal voices were calling for straw and hayEm Keeping you up through the middleF# of the night just as if to say…G D Welcome, but the hotel can't afford yaEm Bm Such a lovely place, but we're out of spaceG Holiday rush and the hotel can'tD afford yaEm F# What a nice surprise for your silent night (Play next verse quieter)Bm He was born that evening andF# shepherds came that nightA And they said "We're all justE visitors here of the Holy Christ"G D And in an ass's manger, they found the boy asleepEm F# They started getting teary eyed so they went back to their sheepBm Last thing I remember there wereF# wise men at the doorA They had a bunch of packages fromE the place they were beforeG "We're late," said the wise menD "We had problems Christmas EveEm We've been checking out your shinyF# light all through the Middle East"