Gun Club: "A House Is Not A Home" (from the "Lucky Jim" album)


intro:        played 3x, first with guitar only, then continued on the first 2 verse lines

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We  used  to  be forever partners
we swore we'd never  separate

    C                 D
oh, I didn't see it changing


               Em             D
        Now a house is not a home
         C                D
        I'm out in the street tonight
           Em             D
        a house is not a home
         C              D
        I'm without a dream tonight


We used to be sister and brother
and then came lovers and then came the pain

oh I, I tried to change it


        But a house is not a home
        I'm out in the street tonight
        a house is not a home
        I'm without a dream tonight


instrumental = verse


        But a house is not a home
        I'm out in the street tonight
        I'm no longer home
        I'm without a dream tonight


Love and tears bound us together
I fought the men to protect her

oh, I couldn't understand it


        But a house is not a home
        I'm without a dream tonight
        a house is not a home
        I'm without her heat tonight


Now, I unravel onto the floor
hearts are spilled onto the floor

oh I, wish I could change it


        But a house is not a home
        I'm the one degraded
        I'm no longer home
        all of life has faded


instrumental = verse


       
But a house is not a home
        I'm out in the street tonight
        I'm no longer home
        I'm without a dream tonight


end:    intro/verse riff, but 1x only, then Em


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