From the 2011 release At My Age
A typically beautiful song,
with that unhurried cadence and
clever storyline that Nick Lowe
keeps on delivering...
Intro
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Verse 1
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FGm
House for sale
BbC
I'm moving out
FAm
I'm moving on
BbC
This bird has flown
FDm
House for sale
BbCFGCb
I'll tell you where to redirect my mail
FGm
House for sale
BbC
Take a look in-side
FAm
This is where love
BbC
Once did re-side
FDm
But now it's gone
BbCFFb
And that's the reason I'll be travelling on
Bridge 1
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Bb
Well the roof has given in to the weather
FBbF
And the windows rattle and moan
Bb
Paint is peeling cracks in the ceiling
C
Whatever's happened to my happy home
Verse 2
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( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nick_lowe/house_for_sale_crd.html )
FGm
House for sale
BbC
I've had enough
FAm
I'll send a van
BbC
To get my stuff
FDm
House for sale
BbCFGCb
I'm leaving like I'm getting out of jail
FABCFDBCFF7
Bridge 2
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Gm
The stairs are alarmingly shaky
FBbF
And the carpet threadbare and worn
Bb
Fence needs mending garden needs tending
C
How soon it's become over-grown
Verse 3
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FGm
Oh house for sale
BbC
I've had enough
FAm
I'll send a van
BbC
To get my stuff
FDm
House for sale
BbCAm
I'm leaving like I'm getting out of jail
BbCFGCb
I'm leaving like I'm getting out of jail
Verse 6
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FGmBC
Hou-se for sale
FGmCb
I'm talking to you
FGmBbC
Because with time care cash
FGBbC
Peace love and under-standing
FGmCb
It can be as good as new
FGmBC
House for sale
BbF
House for sale
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
November 2011
watfordkev@gmail.com