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House Gone Up In Flames Tab

by The Nightwatchman


How I do the intro: I'm positive it's wrong, but it sounds good enough for me.    
  for the low note, I just strum the A, D, and G string open and then go to Am for 
the main note in the intro. When it hits the high point, I hit C. Find the strum 
pattern yourself, I guess... This actually may not sound like Tom Morello's 
version, but I'd rather play a song that uses more than 2 chords in the verse, so 
I just added a couple more chords for those who can't quite sing like Tom Morello


                     
It's in the grain of the wood
             
It's in the needle's rust
             
It's in the eagle's claw
             
It's in the eyes you trust


It's in the jackal's dreams
             
It's in the sleet and the hail
            
It's in the unmarked box
           
That came today in the mail


It's in the dead man's pocket
             
It's in the child's first sin
            
It's in the Constitution
           
Written in very small print


It's in Colin Powell's lies
            
It's in the shaman's trance
            
It's in the cellar waiting
                
And it's in the best laid plans

Chorus
                
We could cut and run
                
And take half the blame
          
Don't stop now
              
That's why we came

House gone up in flames

*Intro*


It's in the National Anthem
            
It's in the scurrying roach
            
It's in the closed partition
             
'Tween first class and coach


It's in the relentless fever
            
It's in the lonely room
            
It's in the hands of fate
                
And it's in the pharaoh's tomb


It's in the rich man's dreams
            
It's in the poor man's hands
            
It's in the body bags
          
Along the Rio Grande


It's in the evening shade
            
It's on the zealot's tongue
            
It's in the widow's tears
                
And it's in the miner's lungs

                 
We could cut and run
                
And take half the blame
          
Don't stop now
              
That's why we came

House gone up in flames

*Intro*


It's in the moon's dark spin
            
It's in the cloudless sky
              
It was in St. Peter's denial
          
That he'd thrice deny


It's in the distant thunder
            
It's in the whispered prayer
          
That they won't find us hidden here

Beneath the stairs


So consider yourself lucky
    
And watch what you say
  
I got what I wanted
          
You might get the same


It's in the bold print nailed
       
To the cathedral door
            
It's in the black cold pressure
       
On the ocean floor
                
We could cut and run
                
And take half the blame
          
Don't stop now
                  
That's why we came

House gone up in flames

*Intro*