Deguello Motel Chords by Roger Alan Wade

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_ Now the Mexican army had a song they'd play,
an anthem or dirge that when they had an enemy surrounded,
it meant leave or die.
And that's kind of like my life was for a while.
And the song was called Del Gueo.
And this is called Del Gueo Motel. _ _ _ _
_ [F] I live in a [C] room with a green radio
_ [G] Curled in the womb [C] of a 29-year-old
[F] More walls from heaven [C] and one sin [Am] from hell _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] In room 17 [F] at Del Gueo [C] Motel _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Yeah, the desk clerk's a jerk, [Em] an old carnival fella
_ [F] I asked where you from, [C] he said, Lake Isabella
[F] I told him I'd been [C] there, but I never had
He looked at the clock, [F] and I [C] signed the pad _ _ _ _
_ He [Am] says no dogs allowed, [Em] so he bought me a fish
[F] He lives by my [C] bed in a souvenir dish
[F] Swims around in circles [C] and eats once a day
And looks a lot like my [F] ex-wife's [C] fiancé _ _ _ _
_ [G] [Dm] And I live in a [G] room [C] with a green radio
[G] Curled in the womb [C] of a 29-year-old
[F] More walls from heaven [C] and one sin [Am] from hell _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] In room 17 at [F] Del Gueo [C] _ Motel _ _ _
_ _ [Am] And there's a wasteland [Em]
across the highway
[F] Where the lot [C] lizards roam and the big diesels stay
[F] The cops ask me [C] questions, and I tell them jokes
And that fat one, he's always [F] a-bummin' [C] my smokes _ _ _
_ _ [Am] And the swimming pool water [Em] is Chuck Berry green
[F] And the water pipes [C] rattle like Keith Richard's spleen
[F] The walls are blood [C] red and the sheets are Velveeta
And that girl in 112, [F] she goes [C] by Juanita _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Juanita's a dancer, she [Em] does the naked ballet
[F] I keep an eye on [C] things while she's away
[F] She spends all her [C] money and half of mine, too
Trying to get high enough to [F] get naked [C] for you _ _ _
_ _ [F] And I live in a [G] room [C] with a green radio
[G] Curled in the womb [C] of a 29-year-old
[F] More walls from heaven [C] and one [Am] sin from hell _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] In room 17 [Dm] at Del Gueo [C] _ Motel _ _ _
_ _ [Am] There's an old Mexican dirge [Em] this place is named after
[F] And I heard it once in a [C] box office disaster
[F] The Duke told his boys, [C] said it means leave or die
I don't know much Spanish, but John Wayne [G] don't lie _ _ _
_ _ [F] And I live in a room [C] with a green radio
[G] _ Curled in the womb of [C] a 29-year-old
[F] More walls from heaven [C] and one sin [Am] from hell _ _
_ _ _ _ In [C] room 17 [Dm] at Del [C] Gueo Motel _ _
_ _ _ [F] I'm sinking like a [C] pearl in a bottle [Am] of Prel
_ In _ _ _ _ [C] room 17 [Dm] at Del Gueo [C] Motel _ _ _
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