Our House Madness
...OUR HOUSE... by Madness
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*from 'The Rise And Fall' (1982)*
Intro:
C Gm, Dm Fm (x3)
Verse 1:
[C] Father wears his Sunday [Gm]best,
[Dm] Mother's tired she needs a rest, the [Fm]kids are playing up downstairs.
[C] Sister's sighing in her [Gm]sleep,
[Dm] Brother's got a date to keep; he [Fm]can't hang around.
Chorus 1:
[D] Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our [D]street,
Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our...
Verse 2:
[C] Our house it has a [Gm]crowd,
There's [Dm]always something happening, and it's [Fm]usually quite loud.
[C] Our mum she's so house-[Gm]proud.
[Dm] Nothing ever slows her down, and a [Fm]mess is not allowed.
Chorus 2:
[D] Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our [D]street,
Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our...
[B] Our [F#m]house, [C#m]in the [Em]middle of our [B]street,
[B] Something [F#m]tells you that you've [C#m]got to get a-[Em]way from [B]it.
Verse 3:
[C] Father gets up late for [Gm]work,
[Dm] Mother has to iron his shirt, [Fm]then she sends the kids to school.
[C] Sees them off with a small [Gm]kiss.
[Dm] She's the one they're going to miss, in [Fm]lots of ways.
Interlude:
G F#m, A Bm (x2)
Solo:
C Gm, Dm Fm (x2)
Chorus 3:
[D] Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our [D]street,
Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle 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 [Dm]fine time, such a [Fm]happy time.
And [C]I remember how we'd play,
Simply waste the day away, [Gm]then we'd say;
Nothing would come be-[Dm]tween us; two [Fm]dreamers.
Verse 4:
[C] Father wears his Sunday [Gm]best,
[Dm] Mother's tired she needs a rest, the [Fm]kids are playing up downstairs.
[C] Sister's sighing in her [Gm]sleep,
[Dm] Brother's got a date to keep; he [Fm]can't hang around.
Chorus 4:
[D] Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our [D]street,
Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our[(B)] street.
[B] Our [F#m]house, [C#m]in the [Em]middle of our [B]street,
Our [F#m]house, [C#m]in the [Em]middle of our...
[C] Our [Gm]house,[Dm] was our [Fm]castle and our [C]keep,
Our [Gm]house, [Dm]in the [Fm]middle of our[(C)] street.
[D] Our [Am]house, [Em] that was [Gm]where we used to [D]meet,
Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our[(B)] street.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[C] [Gm] [Dm] [Fm] [D] [Am] [Em]
[EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]355333 [EADGBE]xx0231 [EADGBE]133111 [EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]x02210 [EADGBE]022000
[B] [F#m] [C#m] [G] [A] [Bm]
[EADGBE]x24442 [EADGBE]244222 [EADGBE]x46654 [EADGBE]355433 [EADGBE]577655 [EADGBE]x24432
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