House by the Creek – Milow      Capo: 2      chords by niclas

Intro: C G F C        C G F C 

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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
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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.