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Playing House by Eileen Alister

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Intermediate 💪

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Intro:

C#m   E      A
Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

Verse 1:
C#m                E        A
Drenched clothes, red nose

I've been waiting in the rain outside your condo
C#m                        E               A
You aren't sure I can let go, so I call it hope (Ah-ah-ah)
C#m       E
Painful damage
A
You took every part of me, now I'm just wreckage
C#m                        E                           A
You're drivin' off and you forget, well, I've blocked the road

Chorus:
            E
I know it shouldn't be this hard to be meant for each other
         B
And it shouldn't be this hard to admit that we're not
              C#m
I still play house under a roof that you've left
                   A
And you still play pretend like there's a heart insidе your chest
            E
And it shouldn't be this easy to cut all of our tiеs
             B
But you can do it in your sleep while I get compromised
              C#m
I still play house inside the walls that you've wrecked
                   A
And you still play pretend like there's a heart inside your chest

Verse 2:
C#m                E        A
It's over, terminated

Now I could puke at the fact that you saw me naked
C#m                        E               A
It's like a dagger to the gut, it makes me sick (It makes me sick)
C#m                                       E
I get cold sweats when I think about the things I let you see
A
You've seen me at my worst, and that's the worst part for me
C#m                                   E
You've held all of my pieces while I was left empty-handed
A
You made it to the shore while I got stranded

Chorus:
            E
I know it shouldn't be this hard to be meant for each other
         B
And it shouldn't be this hard to admit that we're not
              C#m
I still play house under a roof that you've left
                   A
And you still play pretend like there's a heart insidе your chest
            E
And it shouldn't be this easy to cut all of our tiеs
             B
But you can do it in your sleep while I get compromised
              C#m
I still play house inside the walls that you've wrecked
                   A
And you still play pretend like there's a heart inside your chest

Bridge:
          E
I've lost years I won't get back, I fell right into your trap
            B
You pulled strings and then I snapped

Once was whole before I cracked
     C#m
How I died when you walked out

Then you got lost in the crowd
     A
The worst that came out your mouth

I could never say out loud
        E
I got quiet, you got mean

When I was down, you fled the scene
        B
Is this part of your routine, to take pain to the extreme?
     C#m                             A
The damage's unforeseen when you're falling for the scheme
          E
I've lost years I won't get back, I fell right into your trap
            B
You pulled strings and then I snapped

Once was whole before I cracked
     C#m
How I died when you walked out

Then you got lost in the crowd
     A
The worst that came out your mouth

I could never say out loud
        E
I got quiet, you got mean

When I was down, you fled the scene
        B
Is this part of your routine, to take pain to the extreme?
     C#m                             A
If this was a movie scene, no one would wanna be Eileen

Outro:
           E
I know it shouldn't be this hard to be meant for each other
           B
And it shouldn't be this hard to admit that we're not
             C#m
I still play house inside the walls that you've wrecked
                    A
And you still play pretend like there's a heart inside your chest
       E
And it shouldn't be this easy to cut all of our ties
             B                                    C#m         A
But you can do it in your sleep while I get compromised

E

Playing House Chords Info

Published: September 13, 2025

Last Updated: January 18, 2026

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Chords: C#m, E, A, B