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From: DWattier@wimsey.com (Daniel Wattier)
Subject: TAB: House of Dreams (Blue Rodeo)

Here's one Blue Rodeo tune that I have been playing for a while.  I haven't
seen it posted here or in the Nevada archive.  It is a vintage Jim Cuddy love
ballad.  I hope everything is clear (I'm a virgin poster).

NOTE:
When playing the Esus in the intro and throughout, hammer the A note (on the G
string).  I tried to indicate that with an "h" in the Intro TAB.  Just email
me if anyone needs help deciphering.


HOUSE OF DREAMS  by Blue Rodeo
(Transcribed by Daniel Wattier. Comments to dwattier@wimsey.com)

Intro:

   B B     A A      E         Esus4   E E   Esus4  E      F#m ...
E||x-x-----x-x-----|0-----------0---|0-0-----O---0---|
A||2-2-----0-0-----|2-----------2---|2-2-----2---2---|
D||2-4-----2-2-----|2-----------2---|2-2-----2---2---|
G||4-4-----2-2-----|1--------h1-2---|1-1--h1-2---1---|
B||4-4-----2-2-----|0-----------0---|0-0-----0---0---|
E||2-2-----0-0-----|0-----------0---|0-0-----0---0---|

 ||1...2...3...4...|1...2...3...4...|1...2...3...4...|


F#m
Can't stand the sight of  myself
                                       E       Esus4 E Esus4 E
Lying in bed all day with the curtains drawn   (as in intro)
F#m
Staring at the clock on the window ledge
                                       E      Esus4 E Esus4 E
The angry words you said come back so strong


      BRIDGE 1:
                Abm         A                              A  Abm
      Sometimes love quits, Oh, when the pieces don't fit
      F#m                                      E
      And suddenly all your world falls to the floor
                    Abm       A               A  Abm
      Then all your wild days all fall away
      F#m                Abm           A      B
      You can't see much point in them anymore


      CHORUS:
               E        B
      In this house of dreams
                C#m                A
      I let you walk like a ghost unseen
      A    Abm    F#m
      Girl on the day you left
      B          A       E      Esus4 E Esus4 E
      Out walked my everything ...


I must have thought you'd always be here
I never even noticed when the changes came one day
Seems one minute you were standing close
I turned around again and girl you were far away


      BRIDGE 2:

      And every plan we made, I just let them fade
      And pile up on the floor beside the bed
      Now you're gone away but your memory stays
      I sit here thinking of the things I never said


CHORUS


INSTRUMENTAL (play chords from the verse)


      BRIDGE 3:

      Sometimes love quits when the pieces don't fit
      And suddenly all your world falls to the floor
      Now you're gone away, but your memory stays
      I hear your voice behind every single door


CHORUS

      E           E7      A      Am      E
      ... everything ...


CHORD FORMATIONS:

      E A D G B E
      - - - - - -
F#m   2 4 4 2 2 2
E     0 2 2 1 0 0
Esus  0 2 2 2 0 0
Abm   4 6 6 4 4 4
A     x 0 2 2 2 0
B     x 2 4 4 4 2
Dbm   x 4 6 6 5 4
E7    0 2 0 1 0 0
Am    x 0 2 2 1 0