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Chords and Lyrics - “This House”, by Grace Petrie
Capo 4th Fret
C G D
C G D
This Chouse is like a GcemeteryD  
Of alCl the things he Gbuilt for Dme
The things he left beChind, the Glabours of his Dtime
The products of his Cmind, oh I Gkeep them all in Dline,
the things he left beChindG  D  
C G D
This Chouse is like a Gprison cellD  
CTwenty years straight Gdown the Dwell
And all I’ve got is Ctime, on Gtime on time on Dtime
Sat here with an idle Cmind, and the Gquestions that it Dfinds
About the ways that he was CmineG  D  
C G D
And it’s not Cshame,G  D  
It’s just something I can’t CnameG  D  
And it’s not CloveG  D  
Oh, this thing I’m dying CofG  D  
It’s his Croses in the Ggarden, it’s his Dpictures on the Emwall
                          C                   G   D(hold)
If this house was made for talking, it would say
It would say nothing at CallG  D  
C G D
C G D
This Chouse is like a GmockeryD  
CEmpty chairs and GcrockeryD  
And it’s handsomer than Cmost, Gnobody gets Dclose
Empty glasses, none to Ctoast, well Ghe was born to Dhost
But all I entertain is CghostsG  D  
C G D
This hoCuse is like his GlegacDy
CAll the things he Gmeant to meD  
The things I'll never Csay, and I Gtry to find a Dway
To keep the thought at Cbay that if Gwe had one more Dday
Oh, I don’t know what I’d Csay,   G  D  
Yeah, hell alone knows what I’d CsayG  D  
C G D
And it’s not Cshame,G  D  
It’s just something I can’t CnameG  D  
And it’s not CloveG  D  
Oh, this thing I’m dying CofG  D  
It’s his Croses in the Ggarden, it’s his Dpictures on the Emwall
If this Chouse was made for Gtalking, it would Dsay
It would say nothing at CallG  D  
C G D
It would say nothing at CallG  D  
C G D
This Chouse is like a GcemeteryD  
Of Call the things he Gbuilt for Dme
The products of his Cmind, the Glabours of his Dtime
Oh, I keep them all in Cline,G  D  
All the things he left beChindG  D  
C G D
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This House

by Grace Petrie

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

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Chords and Lyrics - “This House”, by Grace Petrie

Capo 4th Fret

C G D

This house is like a cemetery

C G D

Of all the things he built for me

C G D

The things he left behind, the labours of his time

C G D

The products of his mind, oh I keep them all in line,

C G D

the things he left behind

C G D

This house is like a prison cell

C G D

Twenty years straight down the well

C G D

And all I’ve got is time, on time on time on time

C G D

Sat here with an idle mind, and the questions that it finds

C G D

About the ways that he was mine

C G D

And it’s not shame,

C G D

It’s just something I can’t name

C G D

And it’s not love

C G D

Oh, this thing I’m dying of

C G D Em

It’s his roses in the garden, it’s his pictures on the wall

C G D

(hold)

If this house was made for talking, it would say

C G D

It would say nothing at all

C G D

This house is like a mockery

C G D

Empty chairs and crockery

C G D

And it’s handsomer than most, nobody gets close

C G D

Empty glasses, none to toast, well he was born to host

C G D

But all I entertain is ghosts

C G D

This house is like his legacy

C G D

All the things he meant to me

C G D

The things I'll never say, and I try to find a way

C G D

To keep the thought at bay that if we had one more day

C G D

Oh, I don’t know what I’d say,

C G D

Yeah, hell alone knows what I’d say

C G D

And it’s not shame,

C G D

It’s just something I can’t name

C G D

And it’s not love

C G D

Oh, this thing I’m dying of

C G D Em

It’s his roses in the garden, it’s his pictures on the wall

C G D

If this house was made for talking, it would say

C G D

It would say nothing at all

C G D

It would say nothing at all

C G D

This house is like a cemetery

C G D

Of all the things he built for me

C G D

The products of his mind, the labours of his time

C G D

Oh, I keep them all in line,

C G D

All the things he left behind

C G D

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