Transcribed by Graham Takata


To acheive Bob Mould's sound play this song with layered acoustic and
electric guitars.  Also, take a look at the barre chords and note which
ones have the B and e strings open.

Chords:          A    B    F    G    E    C    F#

      e----------0----0----1----3----0----0----2---- | 
      B----------0----0----1----3----0----0----2---- | 
      G----------6----8----2----4----1----(b9)---3---- | 
      D----------7----(b9)---3----5----2--- 10---4---- | 
      A----------7----(b9)---3----5----2--- 10---4---- | 
      E----------5----7----1----3----0----8----2---- | 


Intro:  A  B  A  B
        A  B  A  B

A             B         A            B
Don't you know I need a place to stay
A           B        A   B
Only fifteen bucks a day
  F
I didn't want to end up here
    G
But now I guess I need to stay

A     B
A     B

(second verse, same as the first!)

River red, runs like lead
And the smell of kerosene in my head
Stuck here in this shithole
Reading foreign magazines instead

Chorus:
A        B
A        A

B
"But senor, I only have ten dollars;
B
Can't you spare me a room for the night?"
   A           G            E
We argue about currency and then
              C
He says I can stay for the night

        E      G    C     A
In this Panama City Motel
G F# E          G         C
I am out on the freeway again

A     B
A     B
A     B
A     B

(third verse)
A woman approaches in Barcelona
Walking down the Diagonalia
Spaghetti concrete overpasses
I keep grasping for something familiar

Chorus

Repeat 2nd part of Chorus again
then follow the "A    B" rhythm while singing ad lib
"Oh No... Don't you know I need a place to stay"
the song finishes on a sustained A