Tunica Motel — Tony Joe White

Chords and lyrics for Tunica Motel by Tony Joe White (key of D).

Verse 1

[F#m]Monday looked like a [F#m7]downer
[F#m]Tuesday looked like [F#m7]rain
A bad [E]altitude
And I [B7]knew I needed a [F#m]change

[F#m]Head out on the [F#m7]highway
[F#m]Cruising way down [F#m7]south
I [E]knew a little place
Where we [B7]might could work it all [F#m]out

[D5]I'm so [E]tired of fighting with[F#m] myself
Gonna [B5]spend a little time at the [E]Tunica [F#m]Motel

[F#m]Just outside of [F#m7]Memphis,
[F#m]Highway [F#m7]61
[E]Sleepy little town [B7]down by the
Mississippi [F#m]River

[F#m]I'm gonna lay out on a [F#m7]houseboat
[F#m]Until my hide turns [F#m7]brown
[E]Ain't gonna move 'till the
[B7]Evening sun goes [F#m]down

Fried [D5]chicken to go [E]and they got live bait for [F#m]sale
[B5]Anything you need at the [E]Tunica [F#m]Motel

[F#m]I find myself at [F#m7]midnight
[F#m]Moving to the back porch [F#m7]blues
The [E]guitar cries, [B7]telling me
About the [F#m]hard times

[F#m]Something moves in the [F#m7]shadows
[F#m]Giving me a little [F#m7]chill
I thought I [E]saw Robert Johnson
[B7]Walking out across the [F#m]field

There ain't [D5]hardly anybody [E]left who even knows the [F#m]tale
[B5]Gimme the blues at the [E]Tunica [F#m]Motel
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