The House That Heaven Built chords by Japandroids

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
F 
When the soul of the city
C 
F 
Was laid to rest
C 
F 
C 
And the nights forgotten
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Am 
F 
and left for dead
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Am 
C 
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh
F 
C 
F 
C 
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh

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Verse 2

I happened on a house

Built of living light

Where everything evil

disappears and dies

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh

Verse 3
When they love you,
C 
and they will (and they will)
G 
F 
Tell 'em all they're loving my shadow
And if they try to slow you down
C 
(slow you down)
Am 
G 
F 
Tell 'em all to go to hell

Verse 4
F 
When they love you, and
C 
they will (and they will)
Am 
Tell 'em all they're
G 
F 
loving my shadow
And if they try to slow you
C 
down (slow you down)
G 
Tell 'em all to go to hell
F 
C 

Verse 5
I settled in slowly,
F 
C 
F 
to this house that you call home
C 
F 
C 
To blood and breath, fear,
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Am 
flesh and bone
C 
F 
C 
Am 
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh
C 
F 
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh
C 
F 

Verse 6
C 
F 
Blush of our bodies in the
C 
F 
C 
heat of the night
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All day the day after,
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F 
Am 
C 
reddened the skies
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C 
Am 
F 
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh
C 
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh
F 

Verse 7
When they love you,
C 
and they will (and they will)
Am 
G 
F 
Tell 'em all they're loving my shadow
And if they try to slow you down
C 
(slow you down)
G 
F 
Tell 'em all to go to hell

Verse 8
F 
When they love you, and
C 
they will (and they will)
Tell 'em all they're lov
G 
F 
ing my shadow
And if they try to slow you
C 
down (slow you down)
Am 
G 
Tell 'em all to go to hell

Interlude 1

Verse 9

It's a lifeless life,

with no fixed address to give

But you're not mine to die for anymore

So I must live

Interlude 2

Verse 10
C 
F 
C 
F 
Born of a bottle, from heaven's hand
C 
F 
C 
And now you know and
F 
C 
here I am
F 
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh
C 
Am 
C 
F 
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, oh
C 
F 

Verse 11
When they love you,
C 
and they will (and they will)
Am 
Tell 'em all they're
G 
F 
loving my shadow
And if they try to slow you down
(slow you down)
C 
Am 
G 
F 
Tell 'em all to  go to hell

Verse 12
F 
When they love you, and
C 
they will (and they will)
Am 
Tell 'em all they're
G 
F 
loving my shadow
And if they try to slow you
C 
down (slow you down)
Am 
G 
F 
Tell 'em all to go to hell

Verse 13
C 
When they love me, and
G 
C 
G 
they will (and they will)
Am 
I'll tell 'em all they're
G 
F 
loving your shadow
C 
And if they try to slow me down
G 
(slow you down)
F 
We'll tell 'em all to go to hell

Verse 14
C 
When they love me, and
G 
they will (and they will)
I'll tell 'em all they're
F 
loving your shadow
C 
And if they try to slow me down
G 
(slow you down)
We'll tell 'em all to go to hell
F 