House Of Negotiable Affections Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]The[Bm] hous[G]e[A][G][D]
stood
on the outskirts [G]of an old [D]ghost town
I brushed [A]aside [D]the cobwebs,
[A]walked in and looked around
[D]I found a dusty diary [G]beside
a worn [D]out bed
Dated 1882 and this [A]is what [D]it said

[Verse 2]
[D]This town has seven blacksmiths,
[G]twenty- five saloons
[D]Thirty- seven churches,
and two- hundred [A]hotel rooms
More Long[D]horn Texas cattle [G]than I
have ever [D]seen
And the finest little cathouse this side
[A]of New Or[D]leans

[Verse 3]
In [D]the House of Negotiable Affections
[Bm]Every cowb[D]oy is as special as the [A]next one
All [D]the ladies are so lovely with their painted
[G]on complex[Bb]ions
[D]At the House of [A]Negotiable
Affec[D]tions[A][D]

[Verse 4]
From Kansas down to Texas is
[G]a long and tiresome course
[D]And a cowboy needs more comfort than
[A]sidekick and a horse
So he'll climb [D]that spiral
staircase [G]to a dim lit little room
[D]Where he'll touch those red silk stockings
[A]and smell that sweet [D]perfume

[Verse 5]
In the House [D]of Negotiable
Affections
There's Kansans and [G]Nebraskans and
[A]there's Texans
Lookin' [D]up at the ceilin',
laughin' at [G]their own [Bb]reflections
[D]In the House of [A]Negotiable
[D]Affections
[G][D][A][D]

[Verse 6]
I closed that dusty [Bm]diary
[A]and laid it on the shelf
Then all at once the bedsprings started
squeakin' by themselves
When I saw her ghostly figure,
I nearly [D]died [A]of fright
[D]She said for half [G]a dollar you
can stay [A]with me [D]all night

[Verse 7]
[D]At the House of [Bm]Negotiable [D]Affections
[Bm]She was [D]wearin' nothin' but
[Bm]a pale [D]complex[A]ion
[D]I guess you might say I made
a spir[G]itual connection
[Bb]At the House of Ne[D]go[A]tiable
Affection[D]s

[Verse 8]
There's a few old cowboy [D]bones,
but mostly [G]ghostly [Bm]apparitions[Bb]
In the [D]House of Nego[A]tiable
Affec[D]tions
[Dm][D][G][A][D]