Mary Chapin Carpenter - House of cards

^G[in^Gsustro] ^{G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G} I grew u^Gsusp in a ho^Guse like th^Gsusis, ^G we knew the ^Gsusgroan of e^Gvery st^Gsusair ^G All the ^Gsuswalls seemed t^Go listen ^Gsusin, ^G all the y^Gsusears seemed to ^Gtake up ^Gsusair C C(9) D G/B C C D G/B When you dreamed it was of the wind blowing cold and hard C C(9) D G/B Am7 Am7 D D D D In those dreams you thought you lived in a house of cards

^G[in^Gsusstrume^Gnta^Gsusl] I grew up in a town like this, we knew the names of every street On the surface it looked so safe, but it was perilous underneath That's the place you shoved your doubts and hid your ugly scars God forbid if word got out about your house of cards

^C And now I ^Cfeel the w^Cind ab^Cout to bl^Dow, and ^Dbaby I'm ^Gso sc^G/F#ared ^Em You're re^Empeating the ^Bm7past instead of ^Bm7letting it go ^Bm7(go) And ^Am7I don't ^Gwanna g^Go back there

^G[in^Gsusstrumen^Gtal^Gsus] ^{G Gsus G Gsus} Now we're standing here face to face, afraid to move or else I wanna prop up this fragile place, I can't do it all by myself 'Cause when we dream, it's of the wind, blowing cold and hard When we wake up we still live in a house of cards

^G[re^Gsuspeat an^Gd f^Gsusade] ^{G Gsus G Gsus} - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com