Hotel Cant Afford Ya

Bm                        F#
From a dark desert highway, we 
pulled into the inn
A                        E
Rome called for a census, I was from
 Bethlehem
G                       D
Up above from a distance a star was 
giving me light
Em
My wife was heavy ‘cause her child 
was due
F#
We had to stop for the night

Bm                       F#
So I stood in the doorway of 
Bethlehem hotel
A                                 
And I was thinking to myself "I 
      E
hope to heaven they'll give me some 
help"
G                         D
But they told us no-can-do and they 
sent me away
Em                                
"There's a place around the corner
       F#
 though where you both can stay"

G                            D
Welcome, but the hotel can't afford 
ya
       Em                     Bm
Such a lovely place but we're out of
 space
G                                 
Ran out of room and the hotel 
  D
can't afford ya
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         E                    
It's the time of year with the 
 F#
census here

Bm                            
My wife was definitely gifted, 
F#
that's what the Lord's angel said
A                               E
She was about to have a baby boy 
while still virgin
G                               D
Spent the night in the barnyard, 
cheap slumlord's rent
Em                    F#
Some night to remember, some night 
to forget

Bm                               
So because of what happened I was 
F#
grieving for my wife
                                    
                                    
           A
I said "They probably haven't 
       E
cleaned in here since B.C. 65"
G                              D
Animal voices were calling for straw
 and hay
Em                                
Keeping you up through the middle 
            F#
of the night just as if to say…

G                            D
Welcome, but the hotel can't afford 
ya
       Em                      Bm
Such a lovely place, but we're out 
of space
G                                
Holiday rush and the hotel can't 
D
afford ya
       Em                     F#
What a nice surprise for your silent
 night


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Bm                          
He was born that evening and 
F#
shepherds came that night
             A               
And they said "We're all just 
              E
visitors here of the Holy Christ"
G                            D
And in an ass's manger, they found 
the boy asleep
Em                             F#
They started getting teary eyed so 
they went back to their sheep

Bm                              
Last thing I remember there were 
F#
wise men at the door
A                                 
They had a bunch of packages from 
    E
the place they were before
G                                 
"We're late," said the wise men 
      D
"We had problems Christmas Eve
Em                                
We've been checking out your shiny
     F#
 light all through the Middle East"