C G7 C F C Dm G7 C Dm F G7 [Verse 1] Em C We went to the room and we bolted the door, Dm G7 The bass from the jukebox was coming through the floor, C Em C F C F C And out through the walls we could still hear the roar of the trains. C Dm C Was this all the comfort we got for our sins? Dm G7 No candles, no waiters, no soft violins? C Dm C F C A dirty electric convector plugged into the mains. [Chorus] C G7 C I had wanted much more for the first night with you, F C G7 But the railway hotel was the best I could do. C Em C I knew the Savoy would have suited you well, F Dm C G7 But the best I could do was the railway hotel. [Interlude] C F C [Verse 2] C Dm C Away in the sky were the lights of a jet, Dm Em G7 Burning in the night like a slow cigarette. C G7 C F C F C The lamp in the street threw a soft silhouette on the wall. C Dm C And though it was crumbling and rundown and dead Dm G7 Em A chair and a sink and an old single bed, C G7 C F C The love we began and the things that we said, I recall. [Chorus] C G7 C I had wanted much more for the first night with you, F Dm C G7 But the railway hotel was the best I couid do. C Em C I knew the Savoy would have suited you well, F Dm C G7 But the best I couid do was the railway hotel