Squeeze – House Of Love (Guitar)

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(Difford/Tilbrook) From the 1991 studio album, Play (a hugely underrated album). [INTRO] A D x4 [VERSE 1]
G#              D#m7
She was full of lies and boredom

F#         C#               A               E
It came as no surprise that she would cheat

               F#            E
Her nails were long and sharp

               A
But she didn't play the harp

G#            D#m7
She wasn't an angel I told her

F#             C#            A
But she wasn't able to under-stand my words

E             B
Rich pickings in reverse
[CHORUS]
C7       Fm
I wasn't Shakespeare

     C
It's simple

           Bbm
Did she ex-pect me

   F#
To kiss her feet
[VERSE 2]
  A           G
A very acidic tongue

        D           C Em
Waggled in her head

A
Life was lots of fun

   G       C
At times I had to smile

   B7             E
In front of every-one

              C#m
We seemed the best of friends

D               Bm
Life had just begun

            C              Am
When on the roof a tile be-gan to slip

    B                   G#m             G#
The house of love caved in and that was it
[VERSE 3]
                D#m7
She was full of tears by nature

F#         C#m              A               E
It came to me so clear that she would creep

              F#        E
Her eyes were stale and spun

             A      G#
Like marbles in the sun

             D#m7
She wasn't a princess I told her

F#       C#                    A
And so I witnessed the slaying of my life

E           B
That lasted half the night
[CHORUS]
C7         Fm
I-I wasn't Jesus

   C7
Be-lieve me

C            Bbm
Our love was seedless

    F#m7       F#7  G#7
And incomplete
[VERSE 4]
  A
A very acidic tongue

                    G Em
Waggled in her head

A                G
Life was lots of fun

           C
At times I had to smile

   B             E
In front of everyone

              C#m
We seemed the best of friends

D               Bm
Life had just begun

            C             Am
When on the roof a tile began to slip

    B                   G#
The house of love caved in and that was it
[Instrumental] G# (x8) [VERSE 5]
  A           G
A very acidic tongue

        A           Em
Waggled in her head

A
Life was lots of fun

           C
At times I had to smile

   B             E
In front of everyone

              C#m
We seemed the best of friends

D               Bm
Life had just begun

            C              Am
When on the roof a tile be-gan to slip

    B                   G#m                G#
The house of love caved in and that was it
[Outro] G# G#m x2 D
  A           G
A very acidic tongue

        A           G
Waggled in her head

A                G
Life was lots of fun

           C
At times I had to smile

   B             E
In front of everyone

              C#m
We seemed the best of friends

D               Bsus4
Life had just begun

            C              Am
When on the roof a tile be-gan to slip

    B                   G#m                G# G#7
The house of love caved in and that was it

            D#m  F#  C#  A
That was it

                   G# D#m7 F# C#
Oh-oh-oh, that was it

A                  G# D#m7 F# C#
Oh-oh-oh, that was it
[Repeat to fade]