Come On Up To The House

Tom Waits

Verse 1

Well, the C moon is Am broken And the F sky is C cracked.

C Come on up to the Am house

The only C things that you can Am see is F all that you C lack.

C Come on G up to the C house

C All your Am cryin' don't F do no C good. C Come on up to the Am house

Come C down off the Am cross. We can F use the C wood.

You gotta C come on G up to the C house

Chorus

C Come on up to the house. Come on up to the Am house

The world is C not my Am home. I'm just a F passin' C thru.

C Come on G up to the C house

Verse 2

There's no C light in the Am tunnel, no F irons in the C fire. C Come on up to the Am house

And you're C singin' lead Am soprano in a F junkman's C choir.

You gotta C come on G up to the C house

Does C life seem Am nasty, F brutish and C short

C Come on up to the Am house

The C seas are Am stormy and you can't F find no C port

Got to C come on G up to the C house

Chorus x2

Verse 3

There's C nothin' in the Am world that F you can C do

You gotta C come on up to the Am house

And you been C whipped by the Am forces that are F inside C you

Gotta C come on G up to the C house

Well, you're C high on Am top of your F mountain of C woe

Gotta C come on up to the Am house

Well, you C know you should Am surrender but you F can't let it C go

You gotta C come on G up to the C house

Chorus + Outro (repeat come on up to the house 2 more times. Then "Ah C yeah

Melody

Verse

5 6 1' 1' 6 5 3 2 1 1 1 when the moon is broken and the sky is cracked)

1 1 3 5 5 6 come on up to the house

5 5 6 1' 1' 6 5 3 2 1 1 1 the only thing you can see is all that you lack)

1 1 3 2 1 come on up to the house

Chorus

1 1 1 5. 5. 5. 6. 1 come on up to the house

1 1 3 5 5 6 come on up to the house

5 5 6 1' 1' 6-5, 5 1 1 1 the world is not my own, i'm just passing on

1 1 3 2 1 come on up to the house