Old Haunts New Cities

Am 
I was cruisin' in the night streets 
Am                     C 
I was looking for my hotel 
 
 

Am 
I was lost in some strange city 
Am                       C   E 
and I couldn't find my hotel-room 
Am 
I was desperate in the midnight hour 
F                 G 
I needed sleep, a sink and shower 
Am 
But when one room's like the next 
Am           C   E 
It's hard to tell 

  

Am 
At last I picked a spot  
Am                           C 
Where I thought I had been before 
 
 

Am 
With the elevator broken 
Am                           C     E 
I dragged myself up fourteen floors 
Am 
And at the top of this old building 
          F                    G 
I knew no numbers but I knew a feeling 
Am 
And my key slid effortlessly  
Am       C   E 
Into the door 

 

Am 
When I crossed into that space 
Am                        C 
I was met with a familiar smell 
 


Am 
But it was wrong and out of place 
Am                        C   E 
There was a woman in my hotel-room 
Am 
She said, you might have known me all my life 
F               G 
But who was I before tonight? 
Am                             C   E 
Kiss me now, I promise I won't tell 


Am                C 
Love, it will haunt you 
F                  G       Am 
Whether or not you want it to 
        C      G    F  E 
But for me, my only company 
          F                  G       Am 
Are these ghosts that barely come to me 
E                       C          Em7 
Only when I look for something else