House of Cards chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Intro 1
C
Gsus4
G
I grew up in a house
Verse 1
G
Gsus4
like this
G
Gsus4
You knew the groan of every stair
G
All the walls seemed to listen in
Gsus4
G
All the years seemed to take up air
C
And when you dreamed,
D
G
C
D
it was of the wind blowing cold and hard
G
C
D
G
And in those dreams you thought you lived
Am
in a house of cards
New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Interlude 1
D
G
Gsus4
G
And I grew up in a town
Verse 2
like this
Gsus4
You knew the names of
G
Gsus4
every street
G
Gsus4
G
On the surface it looked so safe
But it was perilous underneath
C
That's the place where you
D
Bm
shoved your doubts
G
C
D
G
And hid your ugly scars
C
D
G
God forbid if word got out
Am
D
About your house of cards
Verse 3
C
D
And now I feel the wind about to blow
G
Baby, I'm so scared
Em
Bm
We're repeating the past
Am
instead of letting it go
G
C
G
And I don't want to go back there
Interlude 2
D
Bm
G
C
G
D
G
C
D
G
Am
D
C
D
G
C
D
G
C
D
G
Am
D
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Now we're standing here
Verse 4
face to face
Gsus4
Afraid to move or else
G
Gsus4
I want to prop up this fragile place
G
But I can't do it all by myself
C
'Cause when we dream,
D
G
C
D
it's of the wind blowing cold and hard
G
C
And when we wake up,
D
G
Am
D
we still live in a house of cards
C
When we dream,
G
C
D
it's of the wind blowing cold and hard
C
And when we wake up,
D
G
Am
D
we still live in a house of cards
Outro 1
D
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
House of Cards
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Speed: 1.0x
RestartPlay SpaceEnable loopDisable audioMore songs by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Discover chords for more songs to play
4.6
