A
Guest informant, guest informant
      A
Guest informant, guest informant
               A
I followed the colonel to the cheap hotel

I tapped the beds
                      D
I wired the phones as well
        G                     D        G
Colonel Boggs Maroley was his mantle
D       C
Had not counted on
D         C
I had not counted on
      A
Guest Informant, guest informant
      A
Guest Informant, guest informant


[Verse 2]
          D        G          D          G
I've been split on, I've been touted on
D       C
Had not counted on
D         C
I had not counted on
      A
Guest Informant


[Verse 3]
N.C.
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst
N.C.
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst
N.C.
In the burning scorch of another Sunday over
N.C.
The miserable Scottish hotel
N.C.
Resembled a Genesis or Marillion, 1973 LP cover
N.C.
All the hotel staff had been dismissed
N.C.
It was me, the Hoover, and the O. A. P.s
N.C.
Asked: Could he turn killer?
N.C.
Thought: could I kill him?
N.C.
Pondered: Or is he itinerant?
N.C.
But I guess he's just a cog analyst
N.C.
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst
N.C.
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst
N.C.
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst


[Verse 4]
A
 Guest informant, guest informant
      A
Guest informant, guest informant
  D         G          D            G
I could not comprehend, I could not understand
D       C           D         C
Had not counted on, I had not counted all
      A
Guest informant, guest informant
      A
Guest informant, guest informant


[Verse 5]
          D     G      D           G
I've been split   by a first-grade moron
      D       C             D       C
And I had not counted on, I had not counted on
      A
Guest informant, guest informant
      A
Guest informant, guest informant


[Verse 6]
          D     G      D           G
I've been split   by a first-grade moron
      D       C             D       C
And I had not counted on, I had not counted on
      A
Guest informant, guest informant
      A
Guest informant, guest informant


[Verse 7]
          D     G      D           G
I've been split   by a first-grade moron
      D       C             D       C
And I had not counted on, I had not counted on
      A
Guest informant, guest informant


[Outro]
| D     | G     | D     | G     |
| D     | C     | D     | C     |
| A     | A     | A     | A     |

A
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst
A
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst
A
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst
A
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst
A
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst
A
Baghdad/Space Cog/Analyst