Big Sleeping House

Transpose

Year: 1987
Album: Crooked Mile

INTRO

D

G

Em

A

Bm7

E

Bm7

E

Bm7

E

Bm7

E

VERSE 1

Bm7

We

E

went to a

Bm7

cheap

ho

E

tel

Bm7

A

no-

E

soap,

no-

Bm7

sleep

ho

E

tel

C

It did for

F

us and for

C

public

F

scorn

In the

Bm7

dying

E

town where

Bm7

we were

E

born

Am7

How I

D7

hoped she wouldn’t

E

change her mind

Am7

Up

un

D7

til it was

E

time to find

Am7

She was

D7

even

crazi

Cmaj7

er than I

CHORUS 1

G

In the big

D7sus4

sleeping

house

C/D

Painted white,

G

facing

south

G

With the ghost to

D7sus4

grin at you

Afternoon, now

Fsus4

please

C

get

Am7

out

VERSE 2

Bm7

E

Bm7

E

Bm7

E

Bm7

E

Bm7

This

E

is the

Bm7

night

be

E

fore

Bm7

We’ve had a

E

little and we

Bm7

want some

E

more

C

It shakes the

F

world and it

C

makes us

F

sweat

Bm7

We make no

E

promises we

Bm7

make no

E

threats

Am7

And I

D7

gave her what she

E

did

demand

Am7

It was

D7

weak and it was

E

built on sand

Am7

And she

D7

clawed through it with

Cmaj7

both her hands

CHORUS 1

G

In the big

D7sus4

sleeping

house

C/D

Painted white,

G

facing

south

G

With the ghost to

D7sus4

grin at you

Afternoon, now

Fsus4

please

C

get

Am7

out

INTERLUDE

G

Ghosts

Em7

Am7

Cadd9/D

G

Em7

Am7

Cadd9/D

G

Em7

Am7

Cadd9/D

G

Em

F

C

VERSE 3

Am7

I heard she

D7

went off to A

E

merica

Am7

She has po

D7

sition and pos

E

sessions

now

Am7

And I will

D7

bet she can’t re

Cmaj7

member

how

CHORUS 2

G

In the big

D7sus4

sleeping

house

C/D

Painted white,

G

facing

south

She

G

held my hands up

D7sus4

to her face

And said

C/D

damn this place, this

G

haunted

place

CHORUS 1

G

In the big

D7sus4

sleeping

house

C/D

Painted white,

G

facing

south

G

With the ghost to

D7sus4

grin at you

Afternoon, now

Fsus4

please

C

get

Am7

out

Fsus4

C

Am7