Song: The Rose Hotel
Artist: Robert Earl Keen
Album: The Rose Hotel
Tabbed By: Jared Nunnally

Verse:

G                          Bm
He was walkin' through the alley way 

          C                      G
Where the drifters sleep and the wild dogs play 

    Am                  Em
The moon was black, the sky was grey 

   C              D
He thought he was alone 




G                      Bm
She was waiting at the rose hotel 

C                          G
across the street from the wishing well 

Am                   Em
Turned the latch and broke a nail 

C                  D
Checked her mobile phone 



Chorus: 

C             G    D             Em
Sometimes you run, sometimes you stall 

C             G               D
Sometimes you don't get up at all 

C             D                  G
Sometimes you run, sometimes you fall 


Verse:

G                         Bm
He bought a ticket on the uptown tram 

C                  G
Got off at 8th and Birmingham 

Am              Em          C            D
Wondered if she gave a damn about him anymore 




G                        Bm
She hadn't seen him in a year or so 

C                 G
Why he called she did not know 

Am                        Em        C              D
She had the oldies on the radio and someone at the door 


Chorus: 

C             G    D             Em
Sometimes you run, sometimes you stall 

C             G               D
Sometimes you don't get up at all 

C             D                  G
Sometimes you run, sometimes you fall 


Verse:

G                        Bm
He threw a nickle in the wishin' well 

C                         G
crossed the street to The Rose Hotel 

Am                    Em
Got no answer when he rang the bell 

      C             D
So he gave a little shout 

G                    Bm
Tiny watchman with a baseball bat 

  C                 G
A cheap cigar and a persian cat 

Am              Em           C                    D
Told him it was too bad that she had just checked out 


Chorus: 

C             G    D             Em
Sometimes you run, sometimes you stall 

C             G               D
Sometimes you don't get up at all 

C             D                  
Sometimes you run, sometimes you 
 

C             G    D             Em
Sometimes you run, sometimes you stall 

C             G               D
Sometimes you don't get up at all 

C             D                  G
Sometimes you run, sometimes you fall