Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

And this house is built of cards

And the earth is blowin' too hard

because Dad won't stop drinkin

and Mom won't stop cheatin

herself, and the family and me

And so I lie beneath it all

Watch the king and his queen as they fall

They say that diamonds are forever

And hearts aren't that clever

And the suits that we parade don't mean a thing

And it's never us to blame

A new prescription with a different name

but it tastes the same

So we'll roll the dice and play

and take our chances anyway

And if it's ours, then we're

Banking on the love

One in ten can't save us from

The sad statistic we've become

Seems like they've already won

And now our home is growin cold

I look at you, you look at me, we turn and fold

It seems that I can't stop drinking

and you can't stop cheatin

Yourself, and our family and me

And it's never us to blame

A new prescription with a different name

but it tastes the same

So we roll the dice and play

and take our chances anyway

And if it's ours, then we're

Banking on the love

One in ten can't save us from

The sad statistic we've become