{title: Our House}
{artist: Madness}

Intro:[C][Gm] [Dm] [Fm] (x2)


[C] Father wears his Sunday [Gm]best,
[Dm] Mother's tired she needs a rest, the [Fm]kids are playing up downstairs.
[C] Sister's sighing in her [Gm]sleep,
[Dm] Brother's got a date to keep; he [Fm]can't hang around.


[D] Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our [D]street,
Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our...


[C] Our house, it has a [Gm]crowd,
[Dm] There's always something happening, and it's [Fm]usually quite loud.
[C] Our mum she's so house‐[Gm]proud.
[Dm] Nothing ever slows her down, and a [Fm]mess is not allowed.


[D] Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our [D]street,
Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our...


[C] Father gets up late for [Gm]work,
[Dm] Mother has to iron his shirt, [Fm]then she sends the kids to school.
[C] Sees them off with a small [Gm]kiss.
[Dm] She's the one they're going to miss, in [Fm]lots of ways.


Interlude: [G] [F#m] [A] [Bm] (x2)
[C] [Gm] [Dm] [Fm] (x2)


[D] Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our [D]street,
Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our...


[C] I remember way back then, when everything was true, and when,
[Gm] We would have such a very good time;
Such a [Dm]fine time, such a [Fm]happy time.
[C] And I remember how we'd play,
Simply waste the day away, [Gm]then we'd say;
Nothing would come be‐[Dm]tween us; two [Fm]dreamers.


[C] Father wears his Sunday [Gm]best,
[Dm] Mother's tired she needs a rest, the [Fm]kids are playing up downstairs.
[C] Sister's sighing in her [Gm]sleep,
[Dm] Brother's got a date to keep; he [Fm]can't hang around.


[D] Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our [D]street,
Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our [B]street,
[C] Our [Gm]house, [Dm] was our [Fm]castle and our [C]keep,
Our [Gm]house, [Dm]in the [Fm]middle of our [C]street.
[D] Our [Am]house, [Em] that was [Gm]where we used to [D]meet,
Our [Am]house, [Em]in the [Gm]middle of our [B]street.