Rarely performed gem written by Arthur Alexander...
nice laid back feel for this one!
Verse 1
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D G
My house is a lonely house
D G
But it once was a happy house
D /C# /B G A A7
And the two of us were happy as I re-call
Refrain 1
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D Bm
But now the rain falls a-round it
D Bm
And loneliness sur-rounds it
G A D A
And I am in the middle of it all
Verse 2
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D G
My friends look at me and say
D G
I wonder what made that boy that way
D /C# /B G A A7
The boy doesn't even smile at all
Refrain 2
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D Bm
But I wonder what they would say
D Bm
If their world just came down one day
G A D D7
And they were in the middle of it all
Bridge
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G D
I gave that girl all the love that I had
Had to give
G
And the love that I gave her
D A A7
Was real and real and real
Verse 3
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D
Now I ache yeah
G
With heart-breaking pain
D G
And the hurt that I just cant explain
D /C# /B G A A7
Yes it looks like my life is about to fall
Refrain 3 / end
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D Bm
But I feel a shadow round me
D Bm
But sadness has found me
G A D
And me I'm in the middle of it all
G D
I'm sitting right here in the middle
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
April 2012
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