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- HOUSE OF CARDS (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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- [Actually in A; capo 2.]
- [Each chord is half of a measure.]
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- G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
- [intro]
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- G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
- I grew up in a house like this, we knew the groan of every stair
- G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
- All the walls seemed to listen in, all the years seemed to take up air
- C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B
- When you dreamed it was of the wind blowing cold and hard
- C(9) C(9) D G/B Am7 Am7 D D D D
- In those dreams you thought you lived in a house of cards
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- G Gsus G Gsus
- [instrumental]
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- I grew up in a town like this, we knew the names of every street
- On the surface it looked so safe, but it was perilous underneath
- That's the place you shoved your doubts and hid your ugly scars
- God forbid if word got out about your house of cards
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- C C C C D D G G/F#
- And now I feel the wind about to blow, and baby I'm so scared
- Em Em Bm7 Bm7 Am7
- You're repeating the past instead of letting it go
- Am7 G G
- And I don't wanna go back there
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- C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B Am7 Am7 D D
- [guitar solo]
- C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B Am7 Am7 D D D D
- [guitar solo]
- G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
- [instrumental]
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- Now we're standing here face to face, afraid to move or else
- I wanna prop up this fragile place, I can't do it all by myself
- 'Cause when we dream, it's of the wind, blowing cold and hard
- When we wake up we still live in a house of cards
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- 'Cause when we dream, it's of the wind, blowing cold and hard
- When we wake up we still live in a house of cards
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- G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
- [repeat and fade]
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- - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
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