Chords for House of Cards by Steve Forbert

_ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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[F#] Ooh, I [C#] guess I knew it would happen, [B] _ _ eventually.
[F#] _ _ But I [D#m] was not prepared for [C#] the word.
No, [B] I was not prepared [C#] for the word. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] No, they [C#] didn't give me no warning, [B] _ for they told [F#] me the news.
And [D#m] I could not believe what [C#] I heard.
No, [B] I could not believe [C#] what I heard. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Hey, well [C#] it started to hit [B] me, later on [F#] in the night.
I [D#m] reacted by blowing [C#] my stack. _
[B] I reacted by blowing [C#] my stack. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Mmm, _ [C#] feeling cheated and retarded [B] and mad at the whole [F#] world at large.
[D#m] As I pissed on the black [C#] Cadillac. _
[B] As I pissed on the black [C#] _
Cadillac. _ _ _ _
[D#m] House of Cards, _ [B] _ _
don't it make [C#] you wonder? _ _
_ _ House [D#m] of _ Cards, [B] _ oh don't it [C#] make you wonder? _ _ _
_ _ [F#] Mmm, _ _
[C#] thousands of people [B] gathered outside [F#] of his gate. _ _
[D#m] Some came to sell [C#] souvenirs.
_ [B] Some came to sell [C#] _ souvenirs. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] Yes, _
[C#] souvenirs of a [B] hillbilly singer who conquered [F#] the world.
[D#m] Now dead after 42 [C#] _
years.
_ [B] Dead after [C#] 42 years.
_ [D#] _ _
[A#m] _ [D#m] House of Cards, _
[B] _ _ don't it [C#] make you wonder?
_ House _ _ _
[D#m] of Cards, [B] _
oh don't it [C#] make you _ wonder?
_ _ _ _ [F#] Yes, _ [C#] and then came the stories [B] all pushing their way through [F#] the press.
_ [D#m] Stories of madness [C#] and pain.
_ _ [B] Stories of madness [C#] and pain. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] Mmm, _ [C#] they'll do what they can [B] to ravage, exploit [F#] and destroy.
_ [D#m] His glory, his fame [C#] and his name.
_ [B] His glory, his [C#] fame and his name. _
[D#] _ _ [A#m] _ [D#m] House of Cards, _ [B] _ _ don't it [C#] make you wonder? _ _ _ _
House [D#m] of _ Cards, [B] _ oh don't it [C#] make you wonder?
[D#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] Mmm, _ _ [C#] king undisputed, [B] reclusive and high on [F#] a throne.
_ [D#m] The symbol and saint he [C#] was used. _
[B] Oh, the symbol and saint he [C#] was used.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ Yes, [C#] now that he's dead and [B] he's laid in a great [F#] marble tomb.
We're [D#m] all left with a whole lot [C#] of truth.
_ We're [B] all left with a whole lot [C#] of truth.
_ _ _ _ _
[F#] Mmm, _ I [C#] guess a lot of sad people [B] grew up on that [F#] hot summer day.
_ _ [D#m] One more big dream [C#] swept away. _
[B] One more big dream [C#] swept away. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Yet, _ [C#] he's gone and he's free but [B] still all of his music [F#] remains.
_ _ [D#m] I don't know what more I [C#] can say.
_ And [B] I don't know what more I [C#] can say.
_ _ _ Except House [D#m] of Cards, _ [B] and don't it make [C#] you wonder? _ _
_ _ House [D#m] of Cards, _ [B] oh don't it [C#] make you wonder? _ _ _
[A#m] House of [D#m] Cards, _ _
[B] _ don't it make [C#] you wonder?
_ _ _ House of [D#m] Cards, _ _ [B] _
don't it [C#] make you wonder? _ _
_ House [D#m] of _ _
_ [B] _ Cards, _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _
[D#m] House of _ _ _ [B]
Cards, _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [A#m] say House [D#m] of _ Cards.
[B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
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[D#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [N] _ _