Sung by: John Linnell and John Flansburgh
Length: 3:20
On Albums: Back to Skull
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Transcriber's Note: [Beware of the m/7/6 thingies which pop up here and there - they're the most sense I could make of the music. Interpret them as you will. I play Am+M6 as 004210, Bm+M6 as 444432 (with a lot of thumb, believe me) and Em7/Em+M6 as 020000 / 024000.] Intro: F#m - Bm - Bm+M6 C# F#m Bm / C# 1. F#m - Bm - Night-time lady, she says maybe Bm+M6 C# F#m Bm / C# In the all-night laundromat F#m - Bm - Wait one minute, I have seen her Bm+M6 C# F#m F# She's a billionaire Chorus: Bm D E A She was a hotel detective Bm D But now she's gotten her motive G G7 C I don't think it was the money Am Am7 Am+M6 B7 She didn't care about expensive things Em Em7 Em+M6 F# No furs or pearls or fancy cars or diamond rings |: Bm D E A Bm D :| x6 She was a hotel detective But now she's better connected She didn't have to change anything Just the stencil on her window She used to be quite a lady She drove the underworld crazy But now she goes insane in her way When it suits her occupation She read that motel directive It told her she was defective I guess she found an easier way Up the ladder and she took it Bm D E F#m - Now that lady is running the world 2. Is she lonely? She's the only Girl in this back alleyway Will she shoot you? She won't have to You're already dead Chorus transcribed by E.M. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +