# # # #Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 20:02:15 -0400 #From: Christopher Allan Gehrz #To: guitar@olga.net #Subject: PRO: w/whiskeytown/houses_on_the_hill.pro # #"Houses on the Hill" #�Barland Music/Texas Browndog Music (BMI)/Bug Music #By David Ryan Adams and Caitlin Cary #From Whiskeytown's album STRANGER'S ALMANAC (Outpost Records/Mood Food Records) # C F G G C F G G INTRO: C VERSE 1: I found a bunch of letters F They were written for the fellow G Who broke your momma's heart C F G And the envelope folds smelled of her ancient perfume F G I'll bet she didn't know C C/B Am How to respond before the blankets of snow Am/G F G Caught him out wandering alone C FC With no place to go F G CHORUS I: There were stars in the sky C C/B There were houses on the hill Am Am/G There were bottles and pills F G That were easy to buy to keep her warm C FC From the oncoming storm VERSE 2: I found them in the northwest corner of the attic In a box labeled "Tinsel and Lights" Didn't know what I was looking for Maybe just a blanket or artifacts Eisenhower sent him to war He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart And when he hit shore, must have been a target For the gunner-men CHORUS II: There were stars in the sky There were bunkers on the hill And there were caskets to fill where he would lie Shrouded in the red, white & blue with the stripes repeat CHORUS I