Big Sleeping House
Released in 1987 by Virgin Records
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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