Chords for Allan Taylor - Beat Hotel

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Paris 1956, number 9 rue Gilles Lecour.
_ _ Word is out and everybody's beating on the [G] door.
[E] Madame Rachou will let you in.
Just smile and ring the bell.
_ [A] [B] Welcome to Nirvana.
[Em] _ At [E] the Beat Hotel. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
Sweet smell of Pernaut.
A Galois cigarette.
It's a cosmic congregation.
[A] But you ain't seen [G] nothing yet.
It's an [E] open invitation.
An existential clientele.
[A]
All looking [B] for Nirvana.
[F#m] _ [G] _ At the Beat Hotel.
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
They looked [E] for it in New York City.
In San [C#] Francisco Bay.
[E]
They looked for it in Bebop Jazz.
[A] And it blew them all [G] away.
[E] They tried out every avenue.
And then said, what the [Em] hell.
[A] We'll look for it in Paris.
[G] _ At the Beat [E] Hotel.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Burruss came up from Tangiers.
Ginsberg from New York.
Karouac came up from Italy.
[Em] And slept out in the park.
Gregory Corso came and went.
And where he's at, no one can tell.
He's [A] still looking for Nirvana.
[G] _ _ At the Beat [Em] Hotel.
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[Em] _ [A] Take me to your leader.
[G] Take me to the man.
[E] Someone has got the answer.
[Em] Someone's got the perfect plan.
[A] If you're lurking in the alleys.
[G] If you're lurking in the bars.
[B] You'll find us in the gutter.
_ [Bm] _
Lurking [E] at the stars.
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[E] This ragged band of poets.
_ Christians, Buddhists, Jews.
A new beat generation.
_ [A] Searching for [G] the muse.
[E] Some found it in the arms.
[Em] Of a mystic mademoiselle.
[A] Looking for Nirvana.
[G] _ At the Beat [Em] Hotel. _ _ _ _ _ _
The rooms count up to 41.
But you can sleep out in the hall.
[E] For a few centimes you can get a drink.
[B] And write your poems [G] on the wall.
[E] And the marijuana mixes.
With a Turkish toilet [Em] smell.
[A] It's all part [B] of Nirvana.
_ [G] _ At the [Em] Beat Hotel. _ _ _ _ _ _
Alex Campbell strums an old guitar.
[E] Someone picked up in [Em] Spain.
[E] Ginsberg's howling poetry.
And Karawack's [G] drunk again.
[E] The rent is overdue.
[Em] There must be something they can sell.
[A] Maybe they can sell Nirvana.
[G] _ At the [E] Beat Hotel. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Someone's taking photographs.
Janine takes [A] off her [Em] clothes.
Marlene's meditating.
And [A] concentrating on [Em] her toes.
[E] Jasmine hides in room 16.
[G] And curls up in [E] her shell.
[A] She's commuting [G] with Nirvana.
At the Beat [Em] Hotel. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Take me to your leader.
[G] Take me to the men.
[Em] _ Someone's got the answer.
Someone's got the perfect plan.
[A] If you're looking in the alleys.
[G] If you're lurking in the bars.
[B] You'll find us in the gutter.
_ [Bm] _ [Em] [A] Looking [Em] at the stars.
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They did it for the journey.
And not for getting there.
Fame is in a whisper.
When you [A] pay [Em] the taxi fare.
It's just [E] this side of heaven.
And a [Em] long, long way from hell.
It's somewhere [A] in Nirvana.
[G] _ At the Beat Hotel.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
Nothing lasts forever.
And forever's in a rhyme.
It's a Buddha-like connection.
And everybody has their time.
If you want to drink the water.
You've got to dig into the well.
But [B] maybe then you'll find Nirvana.
[G] _ _ At the Beat Hotel. _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ It was over by 1963.
And everyone had [Em] gone.
But they'd opened up the road.
And [D] the revolution was [Em] getting won.
And when the poems were painted over.
And they rang the final bell.
[A] It was goodbye to Nirvana.
[G] _ At the Beat Hotel.
[E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] The myth is stronger than the truth.
And the [Em] truth can sometimes lie.
To see it all for what it was.
You need [A] an [G] uncorrupted eye.
[Em] Was the journey worth it?
Only time would tell.
[A] Still [G] looking for Nirvana.
_ At the Beat Hotel.
[E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ Take me to [A] your leader.
[G] Take me to the man.
[E] Someone has got the answer.
Someone's got the perfect plan.
[A] If you're lurking in the [G] alleys.
If you're lurking in the bars.
[B] You'll find us in the gutter.
[Bm] _ Lurking [Em] at the stars. _ _
_ _ Lurking at the stars. _ _
_ We're lurking at the [E] stars. _ _ _
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