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Sitting In My Hotel

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The Kinks (1963–1996; 2018-present) is an English pop-rock group that came out of the British R&B scene of the early 1960s. Formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray Davies and Dave Davies in 1964 and categorised in the United States as a "British Invasion" band, the Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock groups of the era. In 1990, their first year of eligibility, the original four members were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Song title: Sitting In My Hotel
Original Album: Everybody's In Showbiz

Words and Music by Raymond Douglas Davies
Copyright © 1972 Davray Music Limited
Published by Davray Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart ([email protected])

NOTES:
Capo on 5 if you want to play along with Ray. Chords are relative to capo.
Timing is 4/4.

VERSE1:
Chords:
C x32010 Dm7 xx0211
C6 x32210 G7 xx0001
C7 x32310 F x33211
G 320003

C C6
If my friends could see me now, driving round just like a film star,
C7 G
In a chauffeur-driven jam-jar, they would laugh.

Dm7 G7 C G
They would all be saying that it’s not really me.
Dm7 G7 C G
They would all be asking who I’m trying to be.

C C6
If my friends could see me now, looking out my hotel window,
C7 F
Dressed in satin strides and two-tone daisy roots.
F C Dm7 C
If my friends could see me now I know they would smile.

CHORUS1:
Chords:
C x32010 F x33211
G7 320001 Dm xx3231
Am x02210 E7 020130
C7 x32310 Dm7 xx0211

C G7 Am C7 | F Dm |
Sitting in my hotel, hiding from the dramas of this great big world.
Am E7 Am C7 | F C | Dm7 C |
Seven storeys high, looking at the world go by-y.

C G7 Am
Sitting in my hotel room, thinking ‘bout the countryside
C7 | F Dm |
and sunny days in June
Am E7 Am C7 | F C | Dm7 C |
Trying to hide the gloom, sitting in my hotel room.

VERSE2:
Chords:
C x32010 Dm7 xx0211
C6 x32210 G7 xx0001
C7 x32310 F x33211
G 320003

C C6
If my friends could see me now, dressing up in my bow-tie,
C7 G
Prancing round the room like some outrageous poof.

Dm7 G7 C G
They would tell me that I’m just being used.
Dm7 G7 C G
They would ask me what I’m trying to prove.

C C6
They would see me in my hotel, watching late shows ‘til the morning,
C7 F
Writing songs for old-time vaudeville revues.
F C Dm7 C
All my friends would ask me what it’s all leading to.

CHORUS2:
Chords:
C x32010 F x33211
G7 320001 Dm xx3231
Am x02210 E7 020130
C7 x32310 Dm7 xx0211

C G7 Am C7 | F Dm |
Sitting in my hotel, looking through the window at the people in the street.
Am E7 Am C7 | F C | Dm7 C |
Seven storeys high, looking at the world go by-y.
Am E7 Am C7 | F C | Dm7 C |
Sitting in my hotel, looking at the world outside.

ENDING:
Chords:
C x32010 Dm7 xx0211
C6 x32210 G7 xx0001
C7 x32310 F x33211
G 320003

C C6
If my friends could see me now, they would try to understand me,
C7 F
They would ask what on earth I’m trying to prove.
F C Dm7 C
All my friends would ask me what it’s all leading to.