A House Is Not A Motel by Love #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# "A House Is Not A Motel" (Arthur Lee) Intro: [12-string acoustic, 4X; bass enters 3rd time] ----0---0-----------0---0--3---| -0----3----3----0-----3--------| -------------------------------| --2---------------2------------| -------------------------------| -------------------------------| Verse 1: Em G At my house I've got no shackles Am C You can come and look if you want to Em G In the halls you'll see the mantles Am C Where the light shines dim all around you Am D And the streets are paved with gold and if Am D Em Someone asks you, you can call my name [repeat intro pattern 2X] Verse 2: You are just a thought that someone Somewhere somehow feels you should be here And it's so for real to touch To smell, to feel, to know where you are here And the streets are paved with gold and if Someone asks you, you can call my name You can call my name Em C Am D I hear you calling my name yeah all right now Solo: Em / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Em C Am D / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Em / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / D C G A Em / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [repeat intro] Verse 3: By the time that I'm through singing The bells from the schools of walls will be ringing More confusions, blood transfusions The news today will be the movies for tomorrow And the water's turned to blood, and if You don't think so Go turn on your tub And it it's mixed with mud You'll see it turn to gray And you can call my name I hear you call my name Coda: [drum break] [multiple overdubbed guitar solos over Em; original release cuts off abruptly, reissues fade out] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers www.TAB6.com