Guitar Tab:She Was A Hotel Detective

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She Was A Hotel Detective

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: F Sharp Minor

Year: 1994

Tabbed By: E.M.

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Transcriber's Note: [Beware of the m/7/6 thingies which pop up here and there - they're the most sense I could make of the music. Interpret them as you will. I play Am+M6 as 004210, Bm+M6 as 444432 (with a lot of thumb, believe me) and Em7/Em+M6 as 020000 / 024000.] Intro: F#m - Bm - Bm+M6 C# F#m Bm / C# 1. F#m - Bm - Night-time lady, she says maybe Bm+M6 C# F#m Bm / C# In the all-night laundromat F#m - Bm - Wait one minute, I have seen her Bm+M6 C# F#m F# She's a billionaire Chorus: Bm D E A She was a hotel detective Bm D But now she's gotten promoted G G7 C I don't think it was the money Am Am7 Am+M6 B7 She didn't care about expensive things Em Em7 Em+M6 F# No furs or pearls or fancy cars or diamond rings |: Bm D E A Bm D :| x6 She was a hotel detective But now she's better connected She didn't have to change anything Just the stencil on her window She used to be quite a lady She drove the underworld crazy But now she goes insane in her way When it suits her occupation She read that motel directive It told her she was defective I guess she found an easier way Up the ladder and she took it Bm D E F#m - Now that lady is running the world 2. F#m Is she lonely? Bm She's the only Bm+M6 C# F#m Bm / C# Girl in this back alleyway F#m Will she shoot you? Bm She won't have to Bm+M6 C# F#m F# You're already dead Chorus 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +