Big Sleeping House by Microdisney
From Microdisney’s 1987 Crooked Mile album. Written by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan. No capo.
INTRO
[D] [A] [Bm] [D] [G] [Em7]
[Bm7] [E] [Bm7] [E] (x2)
VERSE 1
[Bm7] We [E] went to a [Bm7] cheap ho [E] tel
[Bm7] A no [E] soap no [Bm7] sleep ho [E] tel
[C] It did for [F] us and for [C] public [F] scorn.
In the [Bm7] dying [E] town where [Bm7] we were [E] born
[A] How I [D7] hoped she wouldn’t [E7] change her mind.
[A] Up un [D7] til it was [E7] time to find
[Am7] She was [D7] even crazi [Cmaj7] er than I
CHORUS 1
[G] In the big [Am7] sleeping house
[C] Painted white, [G] facing south
[G] With the ghost to [Am7] grin at you
[C-D] Afternoon, now [F] please [C] get [Am] out
[Bm7] [E] [Bm7] [E] (x2)
VERSE 2
[Bm7] This [E] is the [Bm7] night be [E] fore
[Bm] We’ve had a [E] little and we [Bm7] want some [E] more
[C] It shakes the [F] world and it [C] makes us [F] sweat
[Bm7] We make no [E] promises we [Bm7] make no [E] threats
[A] And I [D7] gave her what she [E7] did demand
[A] It was [D7] weak and it was [E7] built on sand
[Am7] And she [D7] clawed through it with [Cmaj7] both her hands
CHORUS 1
[G] In the big [Am7] sleeping house
[C] Painted white, [G] facing south
[G] With the ghost to [Am7] grin at you
[C-D] Afternoon, Now [F] please [C] get [Am] out [F] [C] [Am]
INTERLUDE
[G] Ghosts [Em] [Am7] [C/D]
[G] [Em] [Am7] [C/D]
[G] [Em] [Am7] [D7]
[G] [Em] [F] [C]
VERSE 3
[A] I heard she [D7] went off to A [E7] merica
[A] She has po [D7] sition and poss [E7] essions now
[Am7] And I will [D7] bet she can’t re [Cmaj7] member how
CHORUS 2
[G] In the big [Am7] sleeping house
[C] Painted white, [G] facing south
She [G] held my hands up [Am7] to her face
And said [C] damn this place, this [G] haunted place
CHORUS 1
[G] In the big [Am7] sleeping house
[C] Painted white, [G] facing south
[G] With the ghost to [Am7] grin at you
[C] Afternoon, Now [F] please [C] get [Am] out [F] [C] [Am]