Panama City Motel

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          Panama City Hotel -- SUGAR
          from File Under Easy 
Listening
          
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           Transcribed by Graham 
Takata
                    
gtakata@uoguelph.ca

To acheive Bob Mould's sound play 
this song with layered acoustic and
electric guitars.  Also, take a look
 at the barre chords and note which
ones have the B and e strings open.

Chords:          A    B    F    G   
 E    C    F#
E|----------0----0----1----3----0-
B|----------0----0----1----3----0-
G|----------6----8----2----4----1-
D|----------7----9----3----5----2-
A|----------7----9----3----5----2-
E|----------5----7----1----3----0-

E|---0----2----|  
B|---0----2----|  
G|---9----3----|  
D|--| 10---4----| 
A|--| 10---4----| 
E|---8----2----|  


Intro:  A  B  A  B
        A  B  A  B

A             B         A       
Don't you know I need a place to
     B
 stay
A           B        A   B
Only fifteen bucks a day
  F
I didn't want to end up here
Continues after the ad
    G
But now I guess I need to stay

A     B
A     B

(second verse, same as the first!)

River red, runs like lead
And the smell of kerosene in my head
Stuck here in this shithole
Reading foreign magazines instead

Chorus:
A        B
A        A

B
"But senor, I only have ten dollars;
B
Can't you spare me a room for the 
night?"
   A           G            E
We argue about currency and then
              C
He says I can stay for the night

        E      G    C     A
In this Panama City Motel
G F# E          G         C
I am out on the freeway again

A     B
A     B
A     B
A     B

(third verse)
A woman approaches in Barcelona
Walking down the Diagonalia
Spaghetti concrete overpasses
I keep grasping for something 
familiar

Chorus

Repeat 2nd part of Chorus again
then follow the "A    B" rhythm 
while singing ad lib
"Oh No... Don't you know I need a 
place to stay"
the song finishes on a sustained A