Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Bbmag x8
Fingers blistered from the nightly scratching at the window which won't open
far enough to let air in.
The house wins.
Oh the house always wins.
Feral cats are screaming at the clouds beneath the window with the crack so
small that nothing gets within.
The house wins.
Oh the house always wins.
You don't have to be alone to be lonely,
You might as well give in.
Bbmag x4
Telephones are howling at the cats out in the alley and the window offers
nothing in the din.
The house wins.
Oh the house always wins.
Clouds uncage the car alarms to chase the cats and telephones.
Fingers rake and rasp away their skin.
The house wins.
Oh the house always wins.
You don't have to be alone to be lonely,
You might as well give in.
Yeah you don't have to be alone to be lonely,
You might as well give in.
Bbmag x2
- - x2
- - - F#maj x2
Piano on x2
Ice age upon catastrophic ice age of selection and only one result has
trickled in...
The house wins.
Oh the house always wins.
If evil were a lesser breed than justice after all these years the righteous
would have freed the world of sin.
The house wins.
Oh the house always wins.
You don't have to be alone to be lonely,
You might as well give in.
You don't have to be alone to be lonely,
You might as well give in.
You don't have to be sick to be dying
You might as well give in.
You don't have to have lost to be lost.
Oh give in.
You don't have to be alone to be lonely,
You might as well give in.
NOTES: On the verse immediately following the solo section, you may want to hold Bb
as the primary chord until "the house wins". This makes it more true to the song.