2 acessos
Intro: C G F C C G F C C G F C Mama rise on the couch in her old wedding gown C G F C She turned pale long before the carnival had left town C G F C She stares at the front porch on the outlook for dad Am G F C ''Don't worry, I'll be back in a week'' is the last thing he said C G F C We all knew he gambled in the city and lost C G F C Money we didn't have must've be the line that he crossed C G F C It's been over a year instead of a week Am G F G C C G F C C G F C Here in our house, our house by the creek. C G F C Me and my family live in the Netherlands C G F C In the house that he build with his bare hands C G F C My younger brother Jimmy is playing outside C G F C With his cap gun he tries to shoot planes from the sky C G F C In his chair by the window sits uncle Fred C G F C Since he's back from the war there ain't a word he has said C G F C And Fred calls my sister as she passed away sir C G F C Sometimes in my dreams I catch up with dad and with her C G F C What we end up with is not what we seek Am G F G C C G F C C G F C 2x Here in our house, our house by the creek. C G F C My name is Louis, it's Louis all right C G F C I play dad's old accordion all day and all night C G F C I just turned eleven, so I'm still a kid C G F C But when I grow up I wanna find out what daddy did C G F C Mister believe me, I was thought not to cry C G F C And that family should stay together till the day that you die C G F C Yeah mister believe me, I was thought boys don't cry Am G F C And that the town where you're born is the town where you'll die Am G F C That the town where you're born is where you'll probably die. C G F C C G F C 4x C G F C What did God wanna show he created man weak Am G F G C We don't understand in our house by the creek.