The Kinks - Sitting in My Hotel: Guitar Chords

Learn to play 'Sitting in My Hotel' on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Sitting in My Hotel Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Kinks

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform 'Sitting in My Hotel' smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

      F
If my friends could see me now,
         Am/E
Driving 'round just like a film star,
     F7/D#                                 C
In a chauffeur driven jam jar, they would laugh,
G7                 C7               F          C
They would all be saying that it's not really me,
G7                C7               F        C
They would all be asking who I'm trying to be

        F
If my friends could see me now,
        Am/E
Looking out my hotel window,
           F7/D#                       Dm7 Dm7/C A#
Dressed in satin strides, and two-tone daisy   roots
A#                  F/A            Gm
If my friends could see me now, I know they
        F
would smile

Chorus:
F                C
Sitting in my hotel,
        Dm            F7/D#              A#
Hiding from the dramas of this great big world,
D# Dm          A7    Dm7            F7     A# F/A Gm
Seven stories high, looking at the world go by,
F                    C
Sitting in my hotel room, thinking of
     Dm          Dm/C
the country side,
    F7/D#          A# D#
And sunny days in June,
Dm7                 A7     Dm            F7
Trying to hide the gloom, sitting in my hotel
 A#  F/A Gm
room

If my friends could see me now,
dressing up in my bow-tie
Prancing round the room like some outrageous poove
They would tell me that I'm just being used
They would ask me what I'm trying to prove

They would see me in my hotel
Watching late shows till the morning
Writing songs for old time vaudeville revues
All my friends would ask me what it's all leading to

Chorus:
Sitting in my hotel, looking through
the window at the people in the street
Seven stories high looking at the world go by
Sitting in my hotel, looking at the world outside

If my friends could see me now they
would try to understand me
They would ask me what on earth I'm trying to prove
All my friends would ask me what it's all leading to


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A7

Guitar chord A7

A#

Guitar chord A#

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

C7

Guitar chord C7

D#

Guitar chord D#

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Dm7

Guitar chord Dm7

E

Guitar chord E

F

Guitar chord F

F7

Guitar chord F7

G7

Guitar chord G7

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play 'Sitting in My Hotel' on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for 'Sitting in My Hotel' by The Kinks.

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