The Hotelier - Soft Animal
Besides the intro riff, I think the whole song is mainly three chords, so it's a pretty simple song, but here
are the chords so you can play it and sing at the same time.
Tuning: half-step down
eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-7-(hb^r)-3-3-5-1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--------|
Gb|-0--------0-0-0-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------|
Db|-0--------------2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2--------|
Ab|----------------3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3--------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Cadd9 G/B D/A
eb|-(3)---------------(3)-------(2)---------|
Bb|--3-----------------3---------3----------|
Gb|--0-----------------0---------2----------| (The notes in parenthesis are optional, I tend to add them in
Db|--2-----------------0---------0----------| during the chorus or other 'large' sounding sections)
Ab|--3-----------------2---------0----------|
Eb|-------------------(3)-------(2)---------|
Cadd9 G/B D/A
We were cloaked in the awning of night or early morning.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Through the headboard there’s a flicker of light
and light warning.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Sophie’s on the bunk overhead reading Mary Oliver
Cadd9 G/B D/A
while I lay still in my bed.
That’s when I see you there.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Fawn doe, light snow.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Make me feel alive,
make me believe that all my selves align.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Fawn, doe, light snow.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Spots on brown of white
make me believe that it is all alright.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Your soft face pressed to the wilt,
first spring sunrise
Cadd9 G/B D/A
standing low on quivering stilts.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
In attempting to keep you to stay I am raising no alarm.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
It is just us two alone.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Then I feel a sigh of wind, your raising eyes
a rolling fog that lets you hide
Cadd9 G/B D/A
and I can hear the rustling as you go.
Oh, go slow.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Fawn doe, light snow.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Make me feel alive,
make me believe that I don’t have to die.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Fawn, doe, light snow.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
Spots on brown of white
make me believe that there’s a God sometimes.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
The ring around your mothers heart
grows saccharine then falls apart
Cadd9 G/B D/A
and I can hear the rustling as you go.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
You camouflaged or clearly seen
and nameless in the in-between
Cadd9 G/B D/A
and I can hear the rustling as you go.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
The firing of rifles off
the echo hits you hard enough
Cadd9 G/B D/A
and I can hear the rustling as you go.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
A soft and skittish self inside
shines golden, opal, chrysolite
Cadd9 G/B D/A
and I can feel the rustling as you go.
Oh, go slow.
Cadd9 G/B D/A
A mob a voices harmonize
and tell me that youre not alive
Cadd9 G/B D/A
but I can feel the rustling as you go.
