House Of A Thousand Dreams chords by Martina McBride

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Verse:
     G+G       C majorC   G+G        C majorC
He says, "I'm just a man, I work with my hands

 G+G        C majorC          G+G   C majorC
But lately no work has been around

  D MajorD                  G+G
I wish that I could put more on the table

  C majorC      G+G         C majorC        D MajorD
Provide the life I'm sure my family dreams about"


       C majorC          D MajorD         G+G
"But there's cracks in all the walls and all the windows

    C majorC            D MajorD          G+G
And the flies, they find their way in through the screen

 C majorC         D MajorD          G+G
I just pray that hope will go on living

 C majorC       D/F#D/F#             G+G
In this house of a thousand dreams"

Verse:
     G+G         C majorC
She says, "my husband's a good man

 G+G        C majorC
Gives all that he can

 G+G      C majorC           G+G   C majorC
I know he thinks he's let me down

    D MajorD          C majorC         G+G
I just want him and the children to be happy

 C majorC         G+G        C majorC       D MajorD
It's not always easy, but it's all I dream about"


Chorus:
     C majorC          D MajorD           G+G
"So I'll find some yard-sale curtains for the windows

     C majorC         D MajorD        G+G
And I'll sew some yellow trim along the seams

   C majorC         D MajorD          G+G
And I'll keep praying hope will go on living

 C majorC       D/F#D/F#             G+G
In this house of a thousand dreams"

Verse:
       G+G        C majorC
The boy says, "my daddy's a strong man

 G+G        C majorC
My momma, she loves him

 G+G         C majorC            G+G
And they love my brother and sister and me

   D MajorD          C majorC         G+G
Sometimes at night we lay out in the backyard

 C majorC        G+G      C majorC          D MajorD
And take turns wishing on the first star we see"


Chorus:
     C majorC         D MajorD          G+G
"And the crickets always sing outside the windows

    C majorC         D MajorD            G+G
And I love to feel the wind blow through the screen

   C majorC         D MajorD       G+G
And I sure hope that we can live forever

 C majorC       D/F#D/F#            G+G
In this house of a thousand dreams"

    C majorC         D MajorD        G+G
"Yeah I sure hope that we can live forever

 C majorC        D/F#D/F#           G+G
In this house of a thousand dreams"