Intro: Open D or barre D, played with an upstroke:

D - D - D , D - D - D , D - D - D , A - A - A , D - D - D


D                                 A
A hundred lives are shoved inside
D                                 A  D
Guests arrive to dump their mess
D
Obedient host and his visiting wife
D    G
Come out of the bedroom 
E
Straightening clothes

    D                               C
    In this house that I call home
    D                               C
    In this house that I call home
    D
    Nobody knows the party rules
    C
    Gotta get in but there's no room
    D                               C
    In this house that I call home


Beautiful walls are closing in
I'm lookin' at you
You're havin' a nightmare
I stumble over tombstone shoes
I reach to surround you, but it's too soon

        In this house that I call home
        In this house that I call home
        Nobody knows the party rules
        Gotta get in but there's no room
        In this house that I call home

I finally look into your sweet eyes
Somebody comes with a bottle of beer
After he leaves I turn for a kiss
I see the lady next door
She's naked in the street

        In this house that I call home
        In this house that I call home