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Love's the Only House

Martina Mcbride
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 G - C - D* 2X (Harmonica on 2nd round) (D* means variations with sus2 and sus4)
 I was standing in the  grocery store line, the  one marked "Express", when this
 woman came through with about  25 things. And I said,  "Don't you know that more is
 less?"
 She said this  world is moving so  fast, I just  get more behind every day
 And every morning when I  make my coffee, I can't be-  lieve my life has turned
 out this way. All I can say is -
 Love's the only house  big enough for all the  pain in the world
 Love's the only house  big enough for all the  pain
 He was walking by the  other day and I said,  "Hey, baby, how yah been?"
 Yeah! I got a little girl  now and she's four years old and  she's got her daddy's little
 grin
 You only wanted what  you can't have, and baby  you can't have me now
 I gave my heart to  another yeah, I'm a  mother and he's a father and we're a  family
 and we got each other and I found out the hard way that -
 lead harmony), then 4 measure instrumental with harmonica
 You drive 3 miles from all this  prosperity, down across the  river and you see a
 ghetto there.
 We got children walking around with  guns and they got knives and  drugs
 and pain to spare.
 And here I am in my clean  white shirt with a little money in my  pocket and a nice
 warm home.
 We got teenagers  walking around in a culture of darkness  living together
 alone.
 lead harmony)
 And no, I can't explain it,  and I can't understand it,  but I'll come and
 get my hands dirty and  together we'll make a stand.
 Mostly Bass  Someone across the parking lot,  some band's playing out a tune.
 City streets are gonna burn if we don't do somethin' soon
 Senorita can't quit crying,  baby's die now any day.  Don Juan left, got
 sick of trying. No one there to show him the way.
 She came down to the  grocery store, she  said, "I, I wanna buy a little carton of milk,
 but I don't have any money."  I said  hey, "I'll cover you honey."
 Cause the pain got to go somewhere (  I don't have any money, I don't have any
 money)
 Yeah, the pain's gotta go someplace, so come on down to my house.  Don't you
 know that -
 CHORUS 2X
*G/Bm  =  Bass plays B  (Bm  implied)  over  "G"  chord  or Bm  may be played on guitar.

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Readable chord sheet for Love's the Only House by Martina Mcbride

G - C - D*  2X  (Harmonica on 2nd round)  (D* means variations with sus2 and sus4)

[G] I was standing in the [C] grocery store line, the [D*] one marked "Express", when this [G]
woman came through with about [C] 25 things.   And I said, [D*] "Don't you know that more is
less?"

She said this [G] world is moving so [C] fast, I just [D*] get more behind every day
[G] And every morning when I [C] make my coffee, I can't  be- [D*] lieve  my life has turned
out this way.   All I can say is -

[G] Love's the only house [C] big enough for all the [D*] pain in the world
[G] Love's the only house [C] big enough for all the [D*] pain

[G] He was walking by the [C] other day and I said, [D*] "Hey, baby, how yah been?"
[G] Yeah!  I got a little girl [C] now and she's four years old and [D*] she's got her daddy's little
grin
[G] You only wanted what [C] you can't have, and baby [D*] you can't have me now
I gave my heart to [G] another yeah, I'm a [C] mother and he's a father and we're a [D*] family
and we got each other and I found out the hard way that -

lead harmony), then 4 measure instrumental with harmonica

[G] You drive 3 miles from all this [C] prosperity, down across the [D*] river and you see a
ghetto there.
[G/Bm**] We got children walking around with [C] guns and they got knives and [D*] drugs
and pain to spare.
[G] And here I am in my clean [C] white shirt with a little money in my [D*] pocket and a nice
warm home.
[G/Bm] We got teenagers [C] walking around in a culture of darkness [D*] living together
alone.

lead harmony)

[Em] And no, I can't explain it, [A] and I can't understand it, [C] but I'll come and
get my hands dirty and [D] together we'll make a stand.

Mostly Bass     [G] Someone across the parking lot, [C] some band's playing out a tune.
[D] City streets are gonna burn if we don't do somethin' soon
[G] Senorita can't quit crying, [C] baby's die now any day.  [D] Don Juan left, got
sick of trying.  No one there to show him the way.

[G] She came down to the [C] grocery store, she [D] said, "I, I wanna buy a little carton of milk,
but I don't have any money."  [G/Bm] I said [C] hey, "I'll cover you honey." [D]
[D] Cause the pain got to go somewhere ( [G/Bm] I don't have any money, I don't have any [C]
money) [D]
Yeah, the pain's gotta go someplace, so come on down to my house. [G/Bm - C - D]   Don't you
know that -

CHORUS   2X  [1st is lead harmony, 2nd is background harmony with lead vocal]
[Don't you know that love's the only house;   Yeah eah eah eah eah eah eah eah, Yeah eah eah.]

[G]*G/[C]Bm =[D] Bass plays [G]B (B[C]m im[D]plied) ov[G]er "[C]G" c[D]hord or B[G]m may be played on guitar.

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