The House You Live In by Gordon Lightfoot Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for The House You Live In guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play The House You Live In by Gordon Lightfoot using guitar or guitar.
This song by Gordon Lightfoot can also be played by that instruments.
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The House You Live In guitar chords has rhythm and included in Summertime Dream (1976) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

The House You Live In by Gordon Lightfoot Guitar Chords


[INTRO:] G C G C

[VERSE 1:]
Go

G
first in the world, go
Am
forth with your fears
Re
C
member a price must be
G
paid
Be always too soon, be
Am
never too fast
At the
C
time when all bets must be
D
laid

[CHORUS:]
Be

G
ware of the darkness, be
C
kind to your children
Re
G
member the
Em
woman who
D
waits
And the
G
house you
F
live in will
C
never fall
G
down
If you
C
pity the
G
stranger who
D
stands at your
G
gate
C

[VERSE 2:]
When you’re

G
caught by the gale and you’re
Am
full under sail
Be
C
ware of the dangers be
G
low
And the song that you sing should
Am
not be too sad
And be
C
sure not to sing it too
D
slow

[CHORUS:]
Be

G
calm in the face of all
C
common disgraces
And
G
know what they’re
Em
doing it
D
for
And the
G
house you
F
live in will
C
never fall
G
down
If you
C
pity the
G
stranger who
D
stands at your
G
door
C
G
C

[VERSE 3:]
When you’re

G
out on the road and
Am
feeling quite lost
Con
C
sider the burden of
G
fame
And he who is wise will
Am
not criticize
When
C
other men fail at the
D
game

[CHORUS:]
Be

G
ware of strange faces and
C
dark dingy places
Be
G
careful while
Em
bending the
D
law
And the
G
house you
F
live in will
C
never fall
G
down
If you
C
pity the
G
stranger who
D
stands at your
G
door
C
G
C

[VERSE 4:]
When you’re

G
down in the dumps and not
Am
ready to deal
De
C
cide what it is that you
G
need
Is it money or love, is it
Am
learning to live
Or
C
is it the mouth you must
D
feed

[CHORUS:]
Be

G
known as a man who will
C
always be candid
On
G
questions that
Em
do not re
D
late
And the
G
house you
F
live in will
C
never fall
G
down
If you
C
pity the
G
stranger who
D
stands at the
G
gate
C

And the
G
house you
F
live in will
C
never fall
G
down
If you
C
pity the
G
stranger who
D
stands at the
G
gate

If you want to learn Gordon Lightfoot The House You Live In guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play The House You Live In. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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