HANGDOG HOTEL ROOM
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1978


I go in for singin', I do it for my pay
The kind of gig I can really dig
Is swinging' at the break of day
With a few good friends and neighbors
Into playin' the nighttime tunes
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room.

Oh Lord it feels so good to play a nighttime tune
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room.

I believe in magic, a little monkeyshines
The kind of row I can really hoe is playing in tune on time
With rhythms all around us we're like weavers at the loom
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room.
Oh Lord it feels so good to play a nighttime tune
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room.

(bridge)

When it comes to mornin' and goin' out at night
The kind of test that I like the best is rubbin' the wrong girl right
And a few good friends and neighbors in to playin' the nighttime tunes
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room.

Oh Lord it feels so good to play a nighttime tune
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room.
With rhythms all around us we're like weavers at the loom
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room.




(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)