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Houses On The Hill Tab

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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 20:02:15 -0400
From: Christopher Allan Gehrz 
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: PRO: w/whiskeytown/houses_on_the_hill.pro

"Houses on the Hill"
©Barland Music/Texas Browndog Music (BMI)/Bug Music
By David Ryan Adams and Caitlin Cary
From Whiskeytown's album STRANGER'S ALMANAC (Outpost Records/Mood Food Records)

INTRO:          [C   F   G   G   C   F   G   G]

VERSE ONE:      Well, I [C]found a bunch of letters
                They were [F]written for the fellow
                Who [G]broke your momma's heart
                And the [C]envelope folds [F]smelled of her ancient per[G]fume
                [F]I'll bet she didn't [G]know
                How to re[C]spond to forty [C/B]blankets of [Am]snow
                [Am/G]Caught him out [F]wandering a[G]lone
                With no place to [C]go [F C]

CHORUS I:       [F] There were stars in the [C]sky
                There were [C]houses on the [C/B]hill
                There were [Am]bottles and [Am/G]pills
                That were [F]easy to buy to [G]keep her warm
                From the [C]oncoming storm [F C]

VERSE TWO:      Well, I found them in the northwest corner of the attic
                In a box labeled "Tinsel and Lights"
                Didn't know what I was looking for
                Maybe just a blanket or artifacts
                Eisenhower sent him to war
                He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart
                And when he hit shore, it must have been a target
                For the gunner-men

CHORUS II:      There were stars in the sky
                There were bunkers in the hill
                And there were caskets to fill where he would lie
                Shrouded in the red, white & blue with the stripes
repeat CHORUS I

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Ricky Rhythm Player	#1 by Ricky Cribb at May 7, 1977 at 7:07 PM EST
	Wow, it seems so obvious now. I Can't believe I didn't pick that up. Thanks

No Picture mike Average	#2 by mike rojas at Feb 27, 1980 at 8:32 PM EST
	this IS one of the best songs ever written, sung and played. at least in my book.

No Picture Jake Wanna Be	#3 by Jake Stewart at Jul 21, 1981 at 1:50 AM EST
	one of the saddest songs i've ever heard - a woman's husband was killed in ww2 and she ended up marrying someone else and having kids (who found the box of letters) but she always loved her ww2 hero husband

No Picture Bassdude Average	#4 by Bassdude at Jan 21, 1991 at 12:08 PM EST
	well done jacbowl. A terribly moving song. perfectly constructed with a saddest fiddle you've ever heard.

No Picture Gunther Wanna Be	#5 by Gunther at Nov 21, 1994 at 9:36 AM EST
	You are absolutely right about it being about a World War II veteran. I really like the line: "he kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart and when he hit shore must have been a target for the gunman" Must have been a target for the gunman, gets me everytime.