Jeff Daniels - Holy Hotel Chords

C
My told-you-so done told me to
C   
My know-it-all knew what to do
             Am
But the fact-of-the-matter is a word-to-the-wise
      Am
It’s all right there when I close my eyes
           F
I was built for speed, not to last
        F                           C     G7
I was shining bright now I’m fading fast
       C
Like yesterdays and remember-whens
    C
And everywhere I ever been
      Am
Still burns inside this soul of mine
Am
Took all the turns and turned out find
   F
I can’t recall when it was but it was just in time,
       C        G7
Just because

[chorus]
      Am
I was never fond of fare-thee-wells
       Am
Long goodbyes and time-will-tells
F
See you soon say so long
F
Too damn bad it’s good as gone
G                            F
Baby, if you promised not to tell, 
G                            F
Baby, if you promised not to tell,
G                            F
Baby, if you promised not to tell,
       F                 G7      Am
I’m checking out of that holy hotel.



          C
Well, the train pulled out when the truth pulled in
   C
If I were me I’d do it all again
         Am
Now I’m rocking away in this rocking chair
         Am
With the good and the bad and the just ain’t-fair
             F
And now it’s you and me and Father Time
        F                    C          G7
Just waitin’ on that perfect rhyme.
C
Well, I never believed I’d ever belong
C
Where you get all you can from those getting along
      Am
And given the choice ‘twixt the two, can’t say either one will do
      F
But nowadays, those days of yore
F                                   C       G7
Are just washing up on some distant shore

[chorus]

[interlude]
Am  Am  F  F  
[oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh]

C
Every place I am and everywhere I go
C
I come face to face with what I’ll never know
Am
Regrets are few, say what you will
Am
But I’ve seen the world while standing still
                    F
When the sun goes down and that darkness falls
F                                     C    G7
This know-it-all lived and I loved it all

[repeat chorus, repeat interlude, fade]