The House Wins

piano Intro is a repeated A# Intro : bbmag x8 bbmag bb#5 A#6 bb#5 bbmag fingers blistered from the nightly scratching at the window which won’t open bb#5 A#6 far enough to let air in . ( A#6 ) Emaj the house wins . bbmag oh the house always wins . bbmag bb#5 A#6 bb#5 bbmag feral cats are screaming at the clouds beneath the window with the crack so bb#5 A#6 small that nothing gets within . ( A#6 ) Emaj the house wins . bbmag oh the house always wins . F#maj Emaj you don’t have to be alone to be lonely , A# you might as well give in . bbmag x4 bbmag bb#5 A#6 bb#5 A# telephones are howling at the cats out in the alley and the window offers bb#5 A#6 nothing in the din . ( A#6 ) Emaj the house wins . bbmag oh the house always wins . bbmag bb#5 A#6 bb#5 clouds uncage the car alarms to chase the cats and telephones . bbmag bb#5 A#6 fingers rake and rasp away their skin . ( A#6 ) Emaj the house wins . bbmag oh the house always wins . F#maj Emaj you don’t have to be alone to be lonely , bbmag you might as well give in . F#maj Emaj yeah you don’t have to be alone to be lonely , bbmag you might as well give in . bbmag x2 Gmaj - Emaj - A# x2 Gmaj - Emaj - Amaj - F#maj x2 Gmaj - Emaj - Amaj - Bmaj piano on A# x2 bbmag bb#5 A#6 bb#5 A# bb#5 ice age upon catastrophic ice age of selection and only one result has A#6 trickled in . . . ( A#6 ) Emaj the house wins . bbmag oh the house always wins . bbmag bb#5 A#6 bb#5 A# if evil were a lesser breed than justice after all these years the righteous bb#5 A#6 would have freed the world of sin . ( A#6 ) Emaj the house wins . bbmag oh the house always wins . F#maj Emaj you don’t have to be alone to be lonely , bbmag you might as well give in . F#maj Emaj you don’t have to be alone to be lonely , bbmag you might as well give in . F#maj Emaj you don’t have to be sick to be dying bbmag you might as well give in . F#maj Emaj you don’t have to have lost to be lost . bbmag oh give in . F#maj Emaj you don’t have to be alone to be lonely , bbmag you might as well give in . notes : on the Verse immediately following the Solo section , you may want to hold A# as the primary chord until "the house wins" . this makes it more true to the song .