• Song:

    I Was In The House When The House Burned Down

  • Artist:

    Warren Zevon

  • Album:

    Genius: The Best of War...

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 "I Was In The House When The House Burned Down"
  From "Life'll Kill Ya"

Use a Capo on the third fret.
  
  Intro: | G5  | X2

G5 (355xxx@1)
  I had the shit till it all got smoked
  D (xx0232@1) I kept the promise till the vow got broke
  D (xx0232@1) I had to drink from the lovin' cup
    G5 (355xxx@1) I stood on the banks till the river rose up
  C (x32010@1) I saw the bride in her wedding gown
  G5 (355xxx@1)                         D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
  I was in the house when the house burned down

| C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G X3  |  G| (320003@1)
I may be old and I may be bent
  But I had the money till it all got spent
  I had the money till they made me pay
  Then I had the sense to be on my way
  I had to stay in the underground
  I was in the house when the house burned down

| C Em D G X3|
  
    Chorus:
    
       C (x32010@1)      I was in the house when the house burned down
       G5 (355xxx@1)      I met the man with the thorny crown
           D (xx0232@1)      I helped Him carry his cross through town
       G5 (355xxx@1)                          D (xx0232@1)      I was in the house when the house burned down

Harmonica Break: |C Em D G X3| G  D X2| *drumfill*

Chorus

Repeat verse 1, End on G

Relevant  Chord shapes:  EADGbe   EADGbe    EADGbe
                        G5: 3X0033 C:X32013 Em:022003


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