Here's one Blue Rodeo tune that I have been playing for a while. I haven't
seen it posted here or in the Nevada archive. It is a vintage Jim Cuddy love
ballad. I hope everything is clear (I'm a virgin poster).
NOTE:
When playing the Esus in the intro and throughout, hammer the A note (on the G
me if anyone needs help deciphering.
HOUSE OF DREAMS by Blue Rodeo
Intro:
...
E||x-x-----x-x-----|0-----------0---|0-0-----O---0---|
A||2-2-----0-0-----|2-----------2---|2-2-----2---2---|
D||2-4-----2-2-----|2-----------2---|2-2-----2---2---|
G||4-4-----2-2-----|1--------h1-2---|1-1--h1-2---1---|
B||4-4-----2-2-----|0-----------0---|0-0-----0---0---|
E||2-2-----0-0-----|0-----------0---|0-0-----0---0---|
||1...2...3...4...|1...2...3...4...|1...2...3...4...|
Can't stand the sight of myself
Lying in bed all day with the curtains drawn (as in intro)
Staring at the clock on the window ledge
The angry words you said come back so strong
BRIDGE 1:
Sometimes love quits, Oh, when the pieces don't fit
And suddenly all your world falls to the floor
Then all your wild days all fall away
You can't see much point in them anymore
CHORUS:
In this house of dreams
I let you walk like a ghost unseen
Girl on the day you left
Out walked my everything ...
I must have thought you'd always be here
I never even noticed when the changes came one day
Seems one minute you were standing close
I turned around again and girl you were far away
BRIDGE 2:
And every plan we made, I just let them fade
And pile up on the floor beside the bed
Now you're gone away but your memory stays
I sit here thinking of the things I never said
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL (play chords from the verse)
BRIDGE 3:
Sometimes love quits when the pieces don't fit
And suddenly all your world falls to the floor
Now you're gone away, but your memory stays
I hear your voice behind every single door
CHORUS
... everything ...
CHORD FORMATIONS:
- - - - - -
F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
Esus 0 2 2 2 0 0
Abm 4 6 6 4 4 4
A x 0 2 2 2 0
B x 2 4 4 4 2
Dbm x 4 6 6 5 4
E7 0 2 0 1 0 0
Am x 0 2 2 1 0