...OUR HOUSE... by Madness ---------------........... *from 'The Rise And Fall' (1982)* Intro: C Gm, Dm Fm (x3) Verse 1:

^C Father wears his Sunday ^Gmbest, ^Dm Mother's tired she needs a rest, the ^Fmkids are playing up downstairs.

^C Sister's sighing in her ^Gmsleep, ^Dm Brother's got a date to keep; he ^Fmcan't hang around.

Chorus 1:

^D Our ^Amhouse, ^Emin the ^Gmmiddle of our ^Dstreet, Our ^Amhouse, ^Emin the ^Gmmiddle of our...

Verse 2:

^C Our house it has a ^Gmcrowd, There's ^Dmalways something happening, and it's ^Fmusually quite loud.

^C Our mum she's so house-^Gmproud. ^Dm Nothing ever slows her down, and a ^Fmmess is not allowed.

Chorus 2:

^D Our ^Amhouse, ^Emin the ^Gmmiddle of our ^Dstreet, Our ^Amhouse, ^Emin the ^Gmmiddle of our...

^B Our ^F#mhouse, ^C#min the ^Emmiddle of our ^Bstreet, ^B Something ^F#mtells you that you've ^C#mgot to get a-^Emway from ^Bit.

Verse 3:

^C Father gets up late for ^Gmwork, ^Dm Mother has to iron his shirt, ^Fmthen she sends the kids to school.

^C Sees them off with a small ^Gmkiss. ^Dm She's the one they're going to miss, in ^Fmlots of ways.

Interlude: G F#m, A Bm (x2) Solo: C Gm, Dm Fm (x2) Chorus 3:

^D Our ^Amhouse, ^Emin the ^Gmmiddle of our ^Dstreet, Our ^Amhouse, ^Emin the ^Gmmiddle of our...

Middle 8:

^C I remember way back then, when everything was true, and when, ^Gm We would have such a very good time; Such a ^Dmfine time, such a ^Fmhappy time.

And ^CI remember how we'd play, Simply waste the day away, ^Gmthen we'd say; Nothing would come be-^Dmtween us; two ^Fmdreamers.

Verse 4:

^C Father wears his Sunday ^Gmbest, ^Dm Mother's tired she needs a rest, the ^Fmkids are playing up downstairs.

^C Sister's sighing in her ^Gmsleep, ^Dm Brother's got a date to keep; he ^Fmcan't hang around.

Chorus 4:

^D Our ^Amhouse, ^Emin the ^Gmmiddle of our ^Dstreet, Am Em Gm (B) Our house, in the middle of our street.

^B Our ^F#mhouse, ^C#min the ^Emmiddle of our ^Bstreet, Our ^F#mhouse, ^C#min the ^Emmiddle of our...

^C Our ^Gmhouse,^Dm was our ^Fmcastle and our ^Ckeep, Gm Dm Fm (C) Our house, in the middle of our street.

^D Our ^Amhouse, ^Em that was ^Gmwhere we used to ^Dmeet, Am Em Gm (B) Our house, in the middle of our street.

(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C Gm Dm Fm D Am Em EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x32010 355333 xx0231 133111 xx0232 x02210 022000 B F#m C#m G A Bm EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x24442 244222 x46654 355433 577655 x24432 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Madness - Our house