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Panama City Hotel — SUGAR
from File Under Easy Listening
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Transcribed by Graham Takata
[email protected]
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—-0—-2—-|
B———-0—-0—-1—-3—-0—-0—-2—-|
G———-6—-8—-2—-4—-1—-9—-3—-|
D———-7—-9—-3—-5—-2— 10—4—-|
A———-7—-9—-3—-5—-2— 10—4—-|
E———-5—-7—-1—-3—-0—-8—-2—-|
Intro: A B A B
A B A B
A B A B
Don’t you know I need a place to stay
A B A B
Only fifteen bucks a day
F
I didn’t want to end up here
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
Comments? Gladly!!!
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