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      HOUSE ARREST
from  WAKING UP THE NEIGHBOURS
by    Bryan Adams

Fig.1
 G         D    G   Gsus   G  D      G
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---3--3-3----3-3-3---1-1--1-0----3-3-3--|
---0--0-0----2-2-0---0-0--0-0----2-2-0--|
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-3---------------3---3-3--3-3--------3--|

(w/Fig.1) Well there's gonna be a party, gonna make some noise
Yeah we're invitin' all the girls, invitin' all the boys
There'll be dancin' on the tables, dancin' on the chairs
Yeah there'll be dancin' in the parking lots and up and down the stairs
[F] [G] Close the windows, [G] [C] lock the doors
[F] [G] Turn it up now, [G] [C] pack the floors
[F]Cops [G]are on the outside, [G] [C]landlord's on the phone
Quick [D]turn out all the lights
Pretend there ain't nobody home!

   It's a [G]house [D]arrest - every[Em]body [C]run
   I [G]gotta plead [D]guilty havin' - [Em]too much [C]fun
   This is a [G]house [D]arrest - up a[Em]gainst the [C]wall
   We [G]can't start [D]rockin' justa [Em]havin' a [C]ball

(w/Fig.1) Won't you come around to my place, don't you know it's overdue
You gotta' bring your little lady wear your dancing shoes
[F] [G] Get a yellow taxi [G] [C] take a limousine
[F] [G] You gotta' get there [G] [C] it's gonna be a seen
It's [F]too [G]late can't wait [G] [C] get out while you can
It was [D]fun while it lasted let's do it all again

   It's a [G]house [D]arrest - every[Em]body [C]run
   I [G]gotta plead [D]guilty havin' - [Em]too much [C]fun
   This is a [G]house [D]arrest - up a[Em]gainst the [C]wall
   We [G]can't start [D]rockin' justa [Em]havin' a [C]ball
   
      [B] [B] [A] [B] We'll be waking up the neighbours [E]
      [B] [B] [A] [B] Bouncin' off the walls [A]
      [B] [B] [A] [B] Hangin' off the ceilings. [D]
      We'll be dancing in and out of the halls...

      Solo - same chords as chorus
      Repeat chorus and fade.
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