House By The Creek

House by the Creek - Milow      Capo: 2      chords by niclas Intro:          C               G F C Mama rise on the couch in her old wedding gown C       G F C She turned pale long before the carnival had left town C       G F C She stares at the front porch on the outlook for dad Am                          G F         C ’’Don’t worry I’ll be back in a week’’ is the last thing he said C       G F C We all knew he gambled in the city and lost C       G F C Money we didn’t have must’ve be the line that he crossed C G     F C It’s been over a year instead of a week         Here in our house our house by the creek.      C       G F C         Me and my family live in the Netherlands C       G F C In the house that he build with his bare hands C                G F      C My younger brother Jimmy is playing outside    C        G      F                        C With his cap gun he tries to shoot planes from the sky              C                  G         F C In his chair by the window sits uncle Fred         C                       G            F C Since he’s back from the war there ain’t a word he has said And Fred calls my sister as she passed away sir    Sometimes in my dreams I catch up with dad and with her                            What we end up with is not what we seek                     Here in our house our house by the creek.                                              C G F C My name is Louis it’s Louis all right C G F C I play dad’s old accordion all day and all night C G        F C I just turned eleven so I’m still a kid C G F        C But when I grow up I wanna find out what daddy did C G F C Mister believe me I was thought not to cry C G F C And that family should stay together till the day that you die C G           F      C Yeah mister believe me I was thought boys don’t cry Am G F C And that the town where you’re born is the town where you’ll die Am G F C That the town where you’re born is where you’ll probably die.           4x C G F C What did God wanna show he created man weak Am G F G C We don’t understand in our house by the creek.