House of a thousand guitars       (video)

 

    Am - D - G - C (2x)

 

              Am                                           D

1. The blood moon shines across the veil,

      G                                                     C

    bells ring out through churches and jails,

      Am                                                D

    I tally my wounds and count the scars,

      G                                                      C

    here in the House of a thousand guitars.

 

              Am                                           D

2. The criminal clown has stolen the throne,

             G                                    C

    he steals what he can never own.

                    Am                                                   D

    May the truth ring out from every small town bar,

             G                                                      C

    we'll light up the house of a thousand guitars.

 

         Am                               D

Well, it's alright, yeah, it's alright,

    G                                               C

meet me, darlin', come Saturday night.

Am                                           D

All good souls from near and far

          G                                                    C

will meet in the house of a thousand guitars.

 

      Am                                D

3. Here the bitter and the bored

       G                                        C

    wake in search of the lost chord

               Am                                                          D

    that'll band us together for as long as there's stars,

       G                                                     C

    yeah, in the house of a thousand guitars.

 

         Am                               D

Well, it's alright, yeah, it's alright,

    G                                               C

meet me, darlin', come Saturday night.

   Am                                              D

Brother and sister, wherever you are,

            G                                                   C

we'll meet in the house of a thousand guitars.     +  Am - D - G - C (2x)

 

           Am                                                        D

4. So wake and shake off your troubles, my friend,

              G                                      C

    we'll go where the music never ends.

                     Am                                      D

    From the stadiums to the small town bars,

             G                                                      C

    we'll light up the house of a thousand guitars.

 

                         Am                                                            D

5. House of a thousand guitars, house of a thousand guitars,

       G                                               C

    brother and sister wherever you are.

             Am                                          D

    We'll rise together till we find the spark

               G                                                     C

    that'll light up the house of a thousand guitars

 

         Am                               D

Well, it's alright, yeah, it's alright,

    G                                               C

meet me, darlin', come Saturday night.

Am                                           D

All good souls from near and far

          G                                                    C

will meet in the house of a thousand guitars.      +  Am - D - G - C (4x)

 

           Am                                            D

+  A thousand guitars, a thousand guitars,

           G                                               C

    a thousand guitars, a thousand guitars ! (2x)

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Bruce Springsteen)