He drove up to the motel in his town & country car EA7 He watched the working women with the field hands from the farm AABmm He walked into the lobby with his pleased to see you smile BEA Scribbled on to the register his fictitious name & smiled The footsteps of the young girl came tapping along the hall The outline of his features were shadowed on the wall She stood a little nervous half lit by the neon light That flashed in many colours through the darkness of the night EEF#m The skin on his face like a well worn saddle DAE Smiled as he said goodnight DABF#m At the Melody Motel it was business as usual BEA As the girls wiped the tears from their eyes. His shirt lay by the bedside, his jeans down by his feet. She swallowed hard & mumbled with the key between her teeth On went the television, the picture flickering slow Top Cat in the alleyway, as they sat there all alone. He drove back up his driveway in his town & country car His wife was cooking chicken with a baby in her arms The smell of home cooked dinner filled the air at home that night Screaming Officer Dibble, in the TV's flickering light Instumental BFFBBEDCCFBb BF Slumped in his favourite armchair, his face grey as stone FFBb His feet upon the table, next to the chicken bones BCm7 He seemed to show no feelings picking corn out from his teeth CFBb The police down at the motel as the blood dried on the sheets. FFGm The skin on his face like a well worn saddle EBF Smiled as he said goodnight EBCGm At the Melody Motel it was business as usual CFBb As the girls wiped the tears from their eyes. EBCGm At the Melody Motel it was business as usual Cm As the girls wiped the tears FBb As the girls wiped the tears from their eyes.