{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":978969,"song":"White Houses","artist":"Vanessa Carlton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11621727-white-houses-chords-by-vanessa-carlton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/978969?type=chord","rating":4.73509,"votes":24,"content":"What a beautiful song! It's always been one of my favorites. None of these chords on\r\nseemed to do it for me. They have the right chords and key but none of them REALLY get the\r\nI don't think:) If you combine both of the chords that people already posted, you'd have \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCrashed on the floor when I moved in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis little bungalow with some strange new friends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStay up too late, and I'm too thin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe promise each other it's 'til the end[/tab]\r\n[tab].......... [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow we're spinning empty bottles[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's the five of us[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith pretty eyed boys girls die to trust[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't resist the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo, I can't resist the day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJenny screams out and it's no pose[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause when she dances she goes and goes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeer through the nose on an inside joke[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm so excited, I haven't spoken[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd she's so pretty, and she's so sure[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMaybe I'm more clever than a girl like her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSummer's all in bloom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSummer is ending soon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's alright and it's nice not to be so alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I hold on to your secrets in white houses[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe I'm a little bit over my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI come undone at the things he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he's so funny in his bright red shirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were all in love and we all got hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI sneak into his car's cracked leather seat[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe smell of gasoline in the summer heat[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBoy, we're going way too fast[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's all too sweet to last[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's alright[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I put myself in his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I hold on to your secrets in white houses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLove, or something ignites in my veins[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I pray it never fades in white houses[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy first time, hard to explain[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRush of blood, oh, and a little bit of pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn a cloudy day, it's more common than you think[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's my first mistake[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nF  Am  G  C  (hold C for one measure, strum quietly)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe you were all faster than me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe gave each other up so easily[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThese silly little wounds will never mend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI feel so far from where I've been[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(strum a little louder)\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo I go, and I will not be back here again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gone as the day is fading on white houses...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(strum fully now)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI lied, wrote my injuries all in the dust[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn my heart is the five of us[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn white houses[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd you, maybe you'll remember me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat I gave is yours to keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn white houses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn white houses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn white houses[/tab]\r\n\r\n(strum one final C chord and let ring out)\r","plain_text":"What a beautiful song! It's always been one of my favorites. None of these chords on\nseemed to do it for me. They have the right chords and key but none of them REALLY get the\nI don't think:) If you combine both of the chords that people already posted, you'd have \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF  Am  G  C  (hold C for one measure, strum quietly)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(strum a little louder)\n\n\n\n\n\n(strum fully now)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(strum one final C chord and let ring out)","chords":["C","Am","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}