Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Bbmag x8

Fingers blistered [Bb#5]from the nightly scratching at the [Bb#5]window which won't open

 [Bb#5]far enough to let air in.

 The house wins.

 Oh the house always wins.

Feral cats are [Bb#5]screaming at the clouds beneath the [Bb#5]window with the crack so

 [Bb#5]small that nothing gets within.

 The house wins.

 Oh the house always wins.

 You don't have to be alone to be lonely,

 You might as well give in.

Bbmag x4

Telephones are [Bb#5]howling at the cats out in the [Bb#5]alley and the window offers

 [Bb#5]nothing in the din.

 The house wins.

 Oh the house always wins.

Clouds uncage the [Bb#5]car alarms to chase the cats and [Bb#5]telephones.

Fingers rake and [Bb#5]rasp away their skin.

 The house wins.

 Oh the house always wins.

 You don't have to be alone to be lonely,

 You might as well give in.

 Yeah you don't have to be alone to be lonely,

 You might as well give in.

Bbmag x2

- - x2

- - - F#maj x2

 Piano on x2

Ice age upon ca[Bb#5]tastrophic ice age of se[Bb#5]lection and only one [Bb#5]result has

 trickled in...

 The house wins.

 Oh the house always wins.

If evil were a [Bb#5]lesser breed than justice after [Bb#5]all these years the righteous

 [Bb#5]would have freed the world of sin.

 The house wins.

 Oh the house always wins.

 You don't have to be alone to be lonely,

 You might as well give in.

 You don't have to be alone to be lonely,

 You might as well give in.

 You don't have to be sick to be dying

 You might as well give in.

 You don't have to have lost to be lost.

 Oh give in.

 You don't have to be alone to be lonely,

 You might as well give in.

NOTES: On the verse immediately following the solo section, you may want to hold Bb

as the primary chord until "the house wins". This makes it more true to the song.