Houses ukulele

Houses

• Intro

F#m/E: 222100

Intro
E A

Verse 1
E                                      A
A Greek Revival that has never seen war
E
A million eggshells on the bedroom floors
  F#m
A dog that costs thousands, but you claim is a mutt
  F#m
A guitar in the corner that doesn't get played much
E                                         A
You always wanted to live way off the grid
E
Then you met Rachel and the suburbs it is
    F#m
And now there is a pram, in the hallways you pace
F#m
Lulu in the wardrobe and a dream that still aches

Chorus
      Asus2
I can see it, the life I could've lived
      B
But I didn't, the wife I could've been
       E                F#m/E
If I'd listened a little closer
       C#m
If I'd loved you a little less
          Asus2
Oh, I can hear it, the coffee machine
       B
In the kitchen, the life it could've been
       E            F#m/E
If I'd given up the high road
        C#m
Made my peace there, in your bed
    Asus2
Oh, I can see it, like a nightmare, like a vision
                        A     E      A E
The houses my old lovers will live in

Verse 2
E                                     A
An old apartment only fit for one king
E
The signal's bad, that's why the phone never rings
  F#m
A bookshelf full of women that you won't read if you're honest
  F#m
A desk that's worth more than the words you wrote on it
E                                              A
You think it's feng shui, all that dying bamboo
E
You hate your neighbours, they don't care about you
   F#m
No little tiny feet, just the fan as it whirrs
   F#m
No white dress in a frame 'cause you cheated on her

Chorus
      Asus2
I can see it, the life I could've lived
      B
But I didn't, the wife I could've been
       E                (F#m/E)
If I'd listened a little closer
       C#m
If I'd loved you a little less
          Asus2
Oh, I can hear it, the coffee machine
       B
In the kitchen, the life it could've been
       E            F#m/E
If I'd given up the high road
        C#m
Made my peace there, in your bed
          Asus2
Oh, I can see it, like a nightmare, like a vision
                        A     E      A E
The houses my old lovers will live in

Bridge
         A
When the only thing that it is is past
                                  E
Then the only thing you can do is laugh
     B
Oh, laugh
  A
I paint it out in pastels and I put me in the frame
                                           C#m
But I'm too big for the easel so I ruin it again
    B
Oh, again

Chorus
          * Asus2
Oh, I can see it, the life I could've lived
      * B
But I didn't, the wife I could've been
       * E                * F#m/E
If I'd listened a little closer
       * C#m
If I'd loved you a little less
          * Asus2
Oh, I can hear it, the coffee machine
       * B
In the kitchen, the life it could've been
       * E           * F#m/E
If I'd given up the high road
          * Asus2
Made my peace there, in your bed
          * Asus2
Oh, I can see it, like a nightmare, like a vision
                              * E
The houses my old lovers will live in

x

Add to Songbook Print Version How to play lesson Submit videolesson

Click the best TAGS for this song:

None of them

Please, enter the best TAGS for this song (separated by commas):