G                                         D
I told my woman that I'd only be gone for a couple of days,
        C                           D                    G
I had a friend who was in need of a guitar picker in the worst way
       G                     G7       C                     Am
When I kissed that woman goodbye, she yelled out as I drove by
           G                D                    G
"Don't you let me catch you stayin' in a Holiday Hotel!"

[Verse 2]
  G                                                    D
I bought myself a ticket on the Airways Express; I was destined for Modesto.
       C                           D                           G
When I met my little buddy he said "How do you do?" and I said "Fine friend"
   G                   G7                C                        Am
He told me he had a surprise, but what I didn't know I finally surmised
      G                        D                G
I was standin' there holdin' a key to a Holiday Hotel

[Verse 3]
       G                                                           D
I was awakened in the mornin' by the ring of the phone; it was the hotel operator
        C                                 D                             G
I got a message from a friend who checked out and he said "I'll see you later"
       G                        G7         C                         Am
He ran out before he paid me my bread, I remembered what my baby had said
           G                D                    G
"Don't you let me catch you stayin' in a Holiday Hotel!"
           G                D                    G
"Don't you let me catch you stayin' in a Holiday Hotel!"