Capo: 2      chords by niclas

Intro: C G F C        C G F C 

      C               G            F            C
Mama rise on the couch in her old wedding gown 
      C            G            F            C
She turned pale long before the carnival had left town
      C            G            F            C
She stares at the front porch on the outlook for dad
      Am                               G            F              C
''Don't worry, I'll be back in a week'' is the last thing he said
      C            G            F            C
We all knew he gambled in the city and lost
      C            G            F            C 
Money we didn't have must've be the line that he crossed
      C       G          F            C
It's been over a year instead of a week
Am            G      F      G      C            C G F C        C G F C 
        Here in our house, our house by the creek.     

      C            G            F             C
        Me and my family live in the Netherlands
      C            G            F            C
In the house that he build with his bare hands
      C                           G            F           C
My younger brother Jimmy is playing outside
   C             G                 F                        C
With his cap gun he tries to shoot planes from the sky
             C                  G         F            C
In his chair by the window sits uncle Fred
              C                            G                 F            C
Since he's back from the war there ain't a word he has said
             C               G                F                  C
And Fred calls my sister as she passed away sir
        C                   G                     F                               C
Sometimes in my dreams I catch up with dad and with her
          C                G                  F            C
What we end up with is not what we seek
    Am            G         F             G             C                C G F C       C G F C 2x
Here in our house, our house by the creek.            

      C            G            F      C
My name is Louis, it's Louis all right
      C            G            F            C
I play dad's old accordion all day and all night
      C            G             F            C
I just turned eleven, so I'm still a kid
      C                  G            F                   C
But when I grow up I wanna find out what daddy did
      C            G            F            C
Mister believe me, I was thought not to cry
      C                  G            F                  C
And that family should stay together till the day that you die
      C            G                      F                 C
Yeah mister believe me, I was thought boys don't cry
                  Am                  G            F            C
And that the town where you're born is the town where you'll die
            Am            G                  F                  C
That the town where you're born is where you'll probably die.

C G F C       C G F C  4x

      C                  G            F            C
What did God wanna show he created man weak
      Am            G            F      G            C
We don't understand in our house by the creek.