Loves The Only House Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G - C - D* 2X (Harmonica on 2nd round) (D* means variations with sus2 and sus4)

G I was standing in the C grocery store line, the [D*] one marked "Express", when this G

 woman came through with about C 25 things. And I said, [D*] "Don't you know that more is

less?"

 She said this G world is moving so C fast, I just [D*] get more behind every day

G And every morning when I C make my coffee, I can't be- [D*] lieve my life has turned

out this way. All I can say is -

Chorus

G Love's the only house C big enough for all the [D*] pain in the world

G Love's the only house C big enough for all the [D*] pain

G He was walking by the C other day and I said, [D*] "Hey, baby, how yah been?"

G Yeah! I got a little girl C now and she's four years old and [D*] she's got her daddy's little

grin

G You only wanted what C you can't have, and baby [D*] you can't have me now

 I gave my heart to G another yeah, I'm a C mother and he's a father and we're a [D*] family

and we got each other and I found out the hard way that -

Chorus

lead harmony), then 4 measure instrumental with harmonica

G You drive 3 miles from all this C prosperity, down across the [D*] river and you see a

ghetto there.

 [G/Bm**] We got children walking around with C guns and they got knives and [D*] drugs

and pain to spare.

G And here I am in my clean C white shirt with a little money in my [D*] pocket and a nice

warm home.

 [G/Bm] We got teenagers C walking around in a culture of darkness [D*] living together

alone.

Chorus

lead harmony)

Refrain

Em And no, I can't explain it, A and I can't understand it, C but I'll come and

 get my hands dirty and D together we'll make a stand.

 Mostly Bass G Someone across the parking lot, C some band's playing out a tune.

D City streets are gonna burn if we don't do somethin' soon

G Senorita can't quit crying, C baby's die now any day. D Don Juan left, got

sick of trying. No one there to show him the way.

G She came down to the C grocery store, she D said, "I, I wanna buy a little carton of milk,

 but I don't have any money." [G/Bm] I said C hey, "I'll cover you honey." D

D Cause the pain got to go somewhere ( [G/Bm] I don't have any money, I don't have any C

 money) D

Yeah, the pain's gotta go someplace, so come on down to my house. [G/Bm - C - D] Don't you

know that -

CHORUS 2X [1st is lead harmony, 2nd is background harmony with lead vocal]

[Don't you know that love's the only house; Yeah eah eah eah eah eah eah eah, Yeah eah eah.]

Outro

G*G/CBm =D Bass plays GB (BCm imDplied) ovGer "CG" cDhord or BGm may be played on guitar.