The Beat Hotel Chords by Allan Taylor

[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ 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.
[B] Welcome to [Em] Nirvana.
_ At the [E] Beat Hotel.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ Sweet smell of Pernaut.
A Galois cigarette.
It's a cosmic congregation.
[A] But you ain't [Em] seen nothing yet.
It's an open invitation.
[E] An existential clientele.
[A] [B] All looking for [F#m] Nirvana.
[G] _
At the Beat [E] Hotel.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ They looked for [E] 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, [Em] what the hell.
[A] We'll look for it in Paris.
[G] _ At the [E] Beat 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 [G] Nirvana.
_ At the Beat Hotel.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
[A] Take me to your leader.
[G] Take me to the [E] man.
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 [B] bars.
You'll find us in the gutter.
_ [Bm] _ [Em] Lurking at the stars. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
[E] This ragged band of poets.
Christians, Buddhists, [Em] Jews.
[E] A new beat generation.
_ [A] [G] Searching for the muse.
[E] Some found it in the [Em] arms.
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 [Em] you can get a drink.
And write your poems on the wall.
[E] And the marijuana mixes.
With a Turkish toilet [Em] smell.
[A] It's all [B] part of Nirvana.
[G] _ At the [Em] Beat Hotel.
_ _ _ _ _ Alex Campbell strums an old [E] guitar.
Someone picked up in [Em] Spain.
[E] Ginsberg's howling poetry.
And Karawack's drunk [G] again.
[E] The rent is overdue.
There must be something they can sell.
[A] Maybe they can sell Nirvana.
[G] _
At the Beat [E] Hotel. _ _ _ _ _
_ Someone's taking photographs.
Janine [Em] takes off her clothes.
Marlene's meditating.
And concentrating on her toes.
[E]
Jasmine hides in room [G] 16.
And curls [E] up in her shell.
[A] She's commuting [B] with [G] Nirvana.
_ At the Beat [Em] Hotel. _ _
_ _ _ [A] Take me to your leader.
[G] Take me to the man.
[E] Someone has 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.
[Em] _ [A] Lurking at [Em] the stars.
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ They did it for the journey.
And not for getting there.
[E] Fame is in a whisper.
When you [A] pay [Em] the taxi fare.
It's just this side [E] of heaven.
And a long, [Em] long way from hell.
It's [A] somewhere in Nirvana.
[G] _ At the Beat Hotel.
[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.
[D] Or maybe then [G] you'll find Nirvana. _
At the Beat Hotel.
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ [E]
It was over by 1963.
And everyone had [Em] gone.
But they'd opened up the road.
And the [A] revolution was on.
And the world [Em] was getting warm.
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 truth can sometimes lie.
To see it all for what it was.
You need [A] an [G] uncorrupted [Em] eye.
Was the journey worth it?
Only time would [A] tell.
Still [G] looking for Nirvana.
_ At the Beat [E] Hotel. _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ Take me [A] to your leader.
[G] Take me to the men.
[E] Someone has got the answer.
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] _ [Em] Lurking at the stars.
_ _ _ Lurking at the stars.
_ _ We're lurking at the stars. _
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