Houses On The Hill chords by Whiskeytown

Houses on the hill
By: Whiskeytown


Intro:

C   Fmaj   G x2


Verse:

       C                                  Fmaj
Well I found a bunch of letters they were written for the fella
    G
Who broke your Momma's heart
        C                             Fmaj
And the envelope folds smelled of her ancient perfume
     G
I'll bet she didn't know
          C               C/B         Am
How to respond before the blankets of snow caught him out
   Fmaj     G        C           Fmaj
wandering alone with no place to go

G   C

Chorus:

Fmaj                        G
And there were stars in the sky
           C             C/B                 Am
There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills
          Fmaj            G        C               Fmaj
That were easy to buy to keep her warm from the oncoming storm

G

Verse:
       C                            Fmaj
Well I found them in the north-west corner of the attic,
         G
In a box Labeled "Tinsel and Lights"
       C                            Fmaj                    G
Didn't know what I was looking for, maybe just a blanket or artifacts

C

Fmaj                   G
Eisenhower sent him to war
            C              C/B             Am
He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart
Fmaj                G                C                     Fmaj
and when he hit the shore he must of been a target for the gunman

G   C

Chorus:

Fmaj                    G
There were stars in the sky
               C              C/B                 Am
And there were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill
         Fmaj            G                        C             Fmaj
Where he would lie, shrouded in the red white and blue with the stripes

G   C

Fmaj                        G
And there were stars in the sky
           C             C/B                 Am
There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills
          Fmaj            G        C               Fmaj
That were easy to buy to keep her warm from the oncoming storm

G   C