Tonalidad: Bb major
Verse 1
Bb
Dm
Eb
Bb
The house
burned down on
Dm
a rainy night and I never did find out why
Eb
I just stood alone near the silver maple
Bb
trying to keep my cigarettes dry
Waiting for the fireman I
Eb
And deep inside my home, above the roar of the flame,
Bb
I swore I heard my telephone ring.
The rain let up, and we worked till dawn,
Eb
And when they cut the power, the lions went dead,
Bb
and I nev er got called again.
Gm
F
The house was gone by the break of dawn,
Cm
Eb
the air was cold and gray.
Bb
Dm
I just set off down the road alone,
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
but it's al ways gone that way
So young, so long ago,
Bb
at least it sounded like my name
Just a boy with no direction
Dm
Eb
I left my home behind and the sky changed
Bb
color once I crossed that town line.
My good friends did the best they could
Eb
but I took one look and I packed my bags
Bb
and I slipped around the bend.
Gm
F
The lessons came from left and right
Cm
Eb
the first night out I found.
Bb
Dm
Ah, the laws were not made to protect
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
the man from out of town
There was a cold street on the seacoast
rose up above the town
Bb
Like broken bones drinking whiskey
With a
Dm
Catholic priest one night in the rectory
hall
Eb
He just shook his head and said,
Jesus called.
Cm
Eb
But he just could not explain.
Bb
It was like he heard the sound of
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
The way I heard that train.
Now the years and the faces blur,
Eb
There are women washing windows,
there were sales
Dm
there were curses in the shapes of old men kneeling in the
pews.
Eb
There are things in this life a man
So finally
Dm
I found a home in a tiny mountain town,
Eb
just a simple place to keep me dry when
Bb
Gm
F
the rain came pouring down a place to sleep the rent
Cm
Eb
was cheap brick walls and a new slate roof
Bb
Dm
well the landlord said you'll be safe here
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
Dm
this house is fireproof
Eb
Bb
You
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