Capo: 2 chords by niclas Intro: C5 G5 F5 C5 C5 G5 F5 C5 C5 G5 F5 C5 Mama rise on the couch in her old wedding gown C5 G5 F5 C5 She turned pale long before the carnival had left town C5 G5 F5 C5 She stares at the front porch on the outlook for dad A5 G5 F5 C5 ''Don't worry, I'll be back in a week'' is the last thing he said C5 G5 F5 C5 We all knew he gambled in the city and lost C5 G5 F5 C5 Money we didn't have must've be the line that he crossed C5 G5 F5 C5 It's been over a year instead of a week A5 G5 F5 G5 C5 C5 G5 F5 C5 C5 G5 F5 C5 Here in our house, our house by the creek. C5 G5 F5 C5 Me and my family live in the Netherlands C5 G5 F5 C5 In the house that he build with his bare hands C5 G5 F5 C5 My younger brother Jimmy is playing outside C5 G5 F5 C5 With his cap gun he tries to shoot planes from the sky C5 G5 F5 C5 In his chair by the window sits uncle Fred C5 G5 F5 C5 Since he's back from the war there ain't a word he has said C5 G5 F5 C5 And Fred calls my sister as she passed away sir C5 G5 F5 C5 Sometimes in my dreams I catch up with dad and with her C5 G5 F5 C5 What we end up with is not what we seek A5 G5 F5 G5 C5 C5 G5 F5 C5 C5 G5 F5 C5 2x Here in our house, our house by the creek. C5 G5 F5 C5 My name is Louis, it's Louis all right C5 G5 F5 C5 I play dad's old accordion all day and all night C5 G5 F5 C5 I just turned eleven, so I'm still a kid C5 G5 F5 C5 But when I grow up I wanna find out what daddy did C5 G5 F5 C5 Mister believe me, I was thought not to cry C5 G5 F5 C5 And that family should stay together till the day that you die C5 G5 F5 C5 Yeah mister believe me, I was thought boys don't cry A5 G5 F5 C5 And that the town where you're born is the town where you'll die A5 G5 F5 C5 That the town where you're born is where you'll probably die. C5 G5 F5 C5 C5 G5 F5 C5 4x C5 G5 F5 C5 What did God wanna show he created man weak A5 G5 F5 G5 C5 We don't understand in our house by the creek.
