Evangeline Hotel
Written & recorded by Tom Russell
Album: Hurricane Season (1990)

(Capo on 3)

3/4 time

Intro.:  | (G) (C) | x 4 bars

Well she (G)moves like Betty Grable, she's an (C)actress waitin' (G)tables
And all her tips are kept inside a wishin' (D)well
She's got an (G)agent down the hall, he's got her (C)photo on his (G)wall
She's got a room at the E-(D)vangeline Ho-(G)tel

And from the (G)tenth floor fire escape, she can (C)see the great white (G) way
But not the street and not the eyes of those who (D)fell
She dreams she (G)sees her name in lights, she dreams that (C)dream every (G)night
Room 10-04 at the E-(D)vangeline Ho-(G)tel

(Chorus)
It's "Rock of (D)Ages cleft for thee," she's just a (C)child of Tennes-(G)see
Her daddy's girl, her golden curls locked in a (D)spell
Where you don't (G)play your music loud and there (C)ain't no men al-(G)lowed
On Friday nights at the E-(D)vangeline Ho-(G)tel

Inst.:  | (G) | (G) | (C) | (G) | (G) | (G) | (D) | (D) |
        | (G) | (G) | (C) | (G) | (G) | (D) | (G) | (G) |

You make it (G)here, so they declare, then you can (C)make it anywhere (G)
Those old cliches ring through the halls just like a (D)bell
But tell it (G)to the ones who wait behind the (C)23rd street (G)gate
On friday nights at the E-(D)vangeline Ho-(G)tel

(Chorus)
It's "Rock of (D)Ages cleft for thee," she's goin' (C)back to Tennes-(G)see
She's got a watch and winter coat that she can (D)sell
She learned the (G)hard unspoken rule and things you (C)never learned in (G)school
All down the halls at the E-(D)vangeline Ho-(G)tel

And you can (G)knock on any door, any (C)room on any (G)floor
It's all the same at the E-(D)vangeline Ho-(G)tel (C) | (G)
The house of dreams called the E-(D)vangeline Ho-(G)tel (C) | (G) (C) | (G) (C) | (G) -----