Houses Sing
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
1st traste
[Verse 1]
C F C
There’s signs in all the yards with a price tag and a plea
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
C F C
And I can see my daughter swinging in the shade of every tree
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
[Chorus]
G F C
And I can move a mountain when the mountain moves in me
F C
And I can hear them houses sing
F C
I can hear them houses sing
[Verse 2]
C F C
Every building tells a story, every builder holds a pen
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
C F C
They only tell beginnings, they’re yours to tell the end
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
[Chorus]
G F C
And I can move a mountain when the mountain moves in me
F C
And I can hear them houses sing
F C
I can hear them houses sing
[Verse 3]
C F C
If there’s limestone ‘neath the pylons, that’s stone enough for me
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
C F C
Cause I’m cracked in all the places I expect my steps should be
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
[Bridge]
G F C G
They sing like tired children, they just sing the things they know
Am F C G
Then they sink into your arms until your dreams become their own
G F C
But the only thing that stands between the houses and the homes
Am C G C
Is a mountain top, an old steel pail, and thirty years of stones
[Verse 4]
C F C
So all you quarrymen and miners, you family men and friends
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
C F C
I’m here to move a mountain, I’m here to make a man
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
F C
I can hear them houses sing?
[Chorus]
G F C
Cause I can move a mountain when the mountain moves in me
F C
Cause I can hear them houses sing
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
F C
Cause I can hear them houses sing
F C
Can’t you hear them houses sing?
How to play Houses Sing
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.