Nick Lowe - House For Sale Chords & Tabs

 

House For Sale Chords & Tabs

Nick Lowe Chords & Tabs

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House For Sale Chords

   
From the 2011 release At My Age
A typically beautiful song, 
with that unhurried cadence and 
clever storyline that Nick Lowe 
keeps on delivering...

Intro
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A --------|--------|--------|---3----|
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Verse 1
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F           Gm
  House for sale
Bb           C
  I'm moving out
F            Am
  I'm moving on
Bb          C
  This bird has flown
F           Dm
  House for sale
     Bb                C           F  Gm Bb C
I'll tell you where to redirect my mail

F           Gm
  House for sale
Bb               C
  Take a look in-side
F               Am
  This is where love
Bb            C
  Once did re-side
F              Dm
  But now it's gone
      Bb                C                  F  Bb  F
  And that's the reason I'll be travelling on


Bridge 1
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         Bb
Well the roof has given in to the weather
        F       Bb         F
And the windows rattle and moan
Bb
  Paint is peeling cracks in the ceiling
                                C
Whatever's happened to my happy home


Verse 2
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F           Gm
  House for sale
Bb           C
  I've had enough
F             Am
  I'll send a van 
Bb          C
  To get my stuff
F           Dm
  House for sale
    Bb               C              F  Gm  Bb  C
I'm leaving like I'm getting out of jail

F  Am  Bb  C
F  Dm  Bb  C
F  F7


Bridge 2
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    Gm
The stairs are alarmingly shaky
        F      Bb             F
And the carpet threadbare and worn
Bb
Fence needs mending garden needs tending
                          C
How soon it's become over-grown


Verse 3
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   F         Gm
Oh house for sale
Bb           C
  I've had enough
F             Am
  I'll send a van 
Bb          C
  To get my stuff
F           Dm
  House for sale
    Bb               C              Am
I'm leaving like I'm getting out of jail
    Bb               C              F  Gm Bb C 
I'm leaving like I'm getting out of jail


Verse 6
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    F      Gm Bb C
Hou-se for sale
       F       Gm Bb C
I'm talking to you
            F    Gm    Bb  C
Because with time    care  cash
F         Gm  Bb             C
   Peace      love and under-standing
       F             Gm  Bb  C
It can be as good as new
     F    Gm Bb C
House for sale
          Bb   F
House for sale


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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
November 2011

watfordkev@gmail.com