House By The Creek Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C G F C C G F C

 Mama risCe on the couch iGn her old weddinFg gown C

 She turnCed pale long bGefore the Fcarnival had lefCt town

 She starCes at the fronGt porch onF the outlook forC dad

 ''Don't Amworry, I'll be back in a week'' iGs the last thinFg he said C

 We all kCnew he gambledG in the ciFty and lost C

 Money weC didn't have mGust've be Fthe line that heC crossed

 It's beeCn over a Gyear insteaFd of a week C

Am Here in Gour housFe, our hGouse by Cthe creek. C G F C C G F C

  CMe and my famiGly live inF the NetherlandsC

 In the hCouse that he bGuild with Fhis bare hands C

 My youngCer brother Jimmy is playGing outside F C

 WitCh his cap guGn he tries to shoot plFanes from the sky C

 In his chair Cby the window sits Guncle FredF C

 Since he's back Cfrom the war there ain't a worGd he has saidF C

 And Fred calls Cmy sister as she pasGsed away sir F C

 SometimeCs in my dreams I catGch up with dad and witFh her C

 What we enCd up with is not Gwhat we seek F C

Am G F G C C G F C C G F C 2x

Here in our house, our house by the creek.

 My name Cis Louis, it's LGouis all right F C

 I play dCad's old accordiGon all day and aFll night C

 I just tCurned eleven, soG I'm still a kiFd C

 But whenC I grow up I wanna find Gout what daddy dFid C

 Mister bCelieve me, I wasG thought not to Fcry C

 And thatC family should stay togeGther till the daFy that you die C

 Yeah misCter believe me, GI was thought boys don't cFry C

 And that the town where Amyou're born is the town Gwhere you'll dieF C

 That the town whAmere you're born Gis where you'll probablyF die. C

C G F C C G F C 4x

 What didC God wanna show he creatGed man weak F C

 We don'tAm understand in oGur house by the Fcreek. G C