The House Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays618

The House by Air Traffic Controller is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: C C C C 

verse 1 

C 
We had the house where everybody came 
C 
We had the music, we played the games 
C 
And nobody's parents worried 'bout mine 
C 
My mother never left one child behind 


G 
Live by the park where all the kids played 
C 
There was my dog in a superman cape 
G 
Hop in the waggon, headed to the lake 
C 
Hey it's your birthday, mother made a cake 


Pre-Chorus 
C 
This was the house where everybody hang 
C 
Ask all my friends they'll tell you the same 
C 
Was it the house or was it the gang 
C 
Or a phenomenon no one can explain 

 
F 
The house 
C 
The house 


verse 2 
C 
My folks got divorced when I was like three 
C 
I understand they weren't meant to be 
C 
But dad got remarried and mom did too 
C 
To the father of a kid who went to my school 

G 
Me and my brothers and my little sis 
C 
Never saw mother happy like this 
G 
So we sold the house and moved into his 
C 
Now 2 adults and 7 cool kids 


Pre-Chorus 
C 
This was the house where everybody grew 
C 
So much to see and every window 
C 
The band's in the basement putting on a show 
C 
The girls in the living room playing nintendo 


F 
The house 
C 
The house 


verse 3 
G 
3+4, come knock on my door 
C 
Never the same kid you saw before 
G 
Business out front, the party's back there 
C 
I'm talking about my house and not my brother's hair 


Pre-Chorus 
C 
We had the house where everybody came 
C 
We had the music we played the games 
C 
And nobody's parents worried 'bout mine 
C 
My mother never left one child behind 


F 
The house 
C 
The house 
F 
The house 
C 
The house 


Pre-Chorus 
C 
We had the house where everbody hang 
C 
Ask all my friends they'll tell you the same 
C 
Was it the house or was it the gang 
C 
Or a phenomenon no one can explain? 

 
F 
The house 
C 
The house 
F 
The house 
C 
The house 
F 
The house 
C 
The house 
F 
The house 
C 
The house  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante