Evangeline Hotel
Tom Russell
Continues after the ad
Key:
G C G C G C G C [Verse 1]G Well, she moves like Betty GrableC G She's an actress waiting tables And all her tips are kept inside aD wishing wellG She's got an agent down the hallC G He's got her photo on his wallD She's got a room at the EvangelineG Hotel [Verse 2]G And from the tenth floor fire escapeC G She can see the great white way But not the street and not the eyesD of those who fellG She dreams she sees her name in lightsC G She dreams that dream every nightD Room ten-o-four at the EvangelineG HotelContinues after the ad[Chorus]D It's "Rock of Ages Cleft for Thee"C G She's just a child of Tennessee Her daddy's girl, her golden curlsD locked in a spellG Where you don't play your music loudC G And there ain't no men allowedD On Friday nights at the EvangelineG Hotel [Instrumental]G C G D G C GD G [Verse 3]G You make it here, so they declareC G Then you can make it anywhere Those old clichés ring through theD halls just like a bellG But tell it to the ones who waitC G Behind the 23rd Street gateD On Friday nights at the EvangelineG Hotel [Chorus]D It's "Rock of Ages Cleft for Thee"C G She's going back to Tennessee She's got a watch and winter coatD that she can sellG She learned the hard unspoken ruleC And things you never learned inG schoolD All down the halls at theG Evangeline Hotel [Verse 4]G And you can knock on any doorC G Any room on any floorD It's all the same at the EvangelineG C G Hotel The house of dreams called theD G Evangeline Hotel