Key: Bb major
Verse 1
Bb
Dm
Eb
Bb
The house
burned down on
Dm
a rainy night and I never did find out why
Waiting for the fireman I
Eb
And deep inside my home, above the roar of the flame,
The rain let up, and we worked till dawn,
Eb
And when they cut the power, the lions went dead,
Gm
F
The house was gone by the break of dawn,
Cm
Eb
the air was cold and gray.
Bb
Dm
I just set off down the road alone,
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
but it's al ways gone that way
So young, so long ago,
Just a boy with no direction
Dm
Eb
I left my home behind and the sky changed
My good friends did the best they could
Gm
F
The lessons came from left and right
Cm
Eb
the first night out I found.
Bb
Dm
Ah, the laws were not made to protect
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
the man from out of town
There was a cold street on the seacoast
rose up above the town
With a
hall
Jesus called.
Cm
Eb
But he just could not explain.
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
The way I heard that train.
Now the years and the faces blur,
there were sales
Dm
there were curses in the shapes of old men kneeling in the
pews.
So finally
Bb
Gm
F
the rain came pouring down a place to sleep the rent
Cm
Eb
was cheap brick walls and a new slate roof
Bb
Dm
well the landlord said you'll be safe here
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
Dm
this house is fireproof
Eb
Bb
You
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ChordsBb Dm Eb Gm F...
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