The House Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
This house goes on [C]sale ev'ry
Wednes[G]day morning
An[C]d taken off the market in the afternoon
[G]You[Am] can buy a piec[D]e of it if you wan[G]t to
[C]It's been good to me[D]
if it's been good for [G]you

[Verse 2]
[C]Take the grand look now the fire is bur[G]ning
[C]Is that your reflection on the wal[G]l?
[Am]I can show you this [D]room and some [G]others
[C]If you came to see[D] the house at all[G]

[Verse 3]
[C]Careful up the stairs, a few are[G] missing
[C]I haven't had the time to make r[G]epairs
[Am]First step is the hard[D]est one to maste[G]r
[C]Last one[D] I'm not really sure is [G]there

[Interlude 1]
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[G][C][G]

[Verse 4]
[C]This room here once had childish lau[G]ghter
An[C]d I come back to
hear it now and [G]again
[Am]I can't say that I'm
[D]certain [G]what you're after
[C]But in this room,
a [D]part of you will re[G]main

[Verse 5]
[C]Second floor, the lady sleeps [G]in waiting
[C]Past the lantern, tiptoe in its gla[G]nce
[Am]In the room the soft[D] brown
arm[G]s of shadow
[C]This room the har[D]dest one to pas[G]s

[Verse 6]
[C]How much will you pay to live in the att[G]ic?
The [C]shavings off [D]your mind
are the only rent
[G]I l[Am]eft some would [D]there
if you thought you [G]couldn't
Or if [C]the shouldn't that you've
[D]bought has been spent
[G]

[Verse 7]
[C]This house goes on sale ev'ry
Wednes[G]day morning
An[C]d taken off the market in the afternoon
[G]You[Am] can buy a piece of[D] it if you wan[G]t to
[C]It's been good for me[D]
if it's been good for [G]you