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Madness-Our House - BPM - 123

 [Intro Riff - Full drums - BPM 121] 
 [C]             [Gm]            [Dm]            [Fm]
E x-x-xx--3-------3-3-33--3-------1---------------1-----------8-
B 5-5-55--5--6--5-3-3-33--3-------3---------------1-----------9-
G 5-5-55--5--5--5-3-3-33--3-------2---------------1-----------10-
D 5-5-55--5--5--5-5-5-55--5--x--x-0---------------3-----------10
A 3-3-33--3--3--3-5-5-55--5--x--x-0---------------3-----------8
E 3-3-33--3--3--3-3-3-33--3--1--0-x-----------0---1-1-3-3-4-4-8-
  B-B-SB--B--BS-B-B-B-SB--B--BS-B-B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S-

 [C]             [Gm]            [Dm]            [Fm]
E x-x-xx--3-------6-5--3--5-------1---------------4---3---1---3-
B 5-5-55--5--6--5-3-3-------------3---------------1--------------
G 5-5-55--5--5--5-3-3-------------2---------------1-------------
D 5-5-55--5--5--5-5-5-------------0---------------3-------------
A 3-3-33--3--3--3-5-5-------------0---------------3-------------
E 3-3-33--3--3--3-3-3-------------x-----------0---1--------------
  B-B-SB--B--BS-B-B-B-SB--B--BS-B-B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S-

 [C]             [Gm]            [Dm]            [Fm] Cheeky[Dm]
E x-x-xx--3-------x-----10--12----13--------------1-------------
B 5-5-55--5--6--5-11--13----------10--------------1-------------
G 5-5-55--5--5--5-12--------------10--------------1-----------7-
D 5-5-55--5--5--5-12--------------x---------------3---5---6-----
A 3-3-33--3--3--3-10--------------12--------------3-----------5-
E 3-3-33--3--3--3-10-3------------10----------0---1---3---4----
  B-B-SB--B--BS-B-B-B-SB--B--BS-B-B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S-

[Verse - Guido low - Nick high octave - On Fm play run up] 
[C] Father wears his Sunday [Gm] best,
[Dm] Mother's tired she needs a rest, the [Fm] kids are playing up downstairs.
[C] Sister's sighing in her [Gm] sleep,
[Dm] Brother's got a date to keep; he [Fm] can't hang around.
 
[Chorus - Rhythm for chords is to play preceding 
just before new - on the 2 Bs - BxSB* B* ]
 
[D] Our [Am] house, [Em] in the 
[Gm-3x0033 - G5 to be faster] middle of our [D] street,
Our [Am] house, [Em] in the [Gm] middle of our...
 
[Verse] 
[C] Our house it has a [Gm] crowd,
There's [Dm] always something happening, and it's [Fm] usually quite loud.
[C] Our mum she's so house- [Gm] proud.
[Dm] Nothing ever slows her down, and a [Fm] mess is not allowed.
 
[Chorus BxSB BxSB rhythm] 
[D] Our [Am] house, [Em] in the [Gm] middle of our [D] street,
Our [Am] house, [Em] in the [Gm] middle of our...
 
[B] Our [F#m] house, [C#m] in the [Em] middle of our [B] street,
[B] Something [F#m] tells you that you've 
[C#m] got to get a [Em] way from [B] it.
 
[Verse] 
[C] Father gets up late for [Gm] work,
[Dm] Mother has to iron his shirt, [Fm] then she sends the kids to school. 
[C] Sees them off with a small [Gm] kiss.
[Dm] She's the one they're going to miss, in [Fm] lots of ways.
 
[Interlude BxSB BxSB rhythm] 
[G] [F#m] [A] [Bm] (x2)
 
[Solo] 
[C] [Gm] [Dm] [Fm] (x2)
(Solo implied - C C Csus4 - Gm - Dm at 5th fret - A 5 7 8 - then climb with Fm)
 
[Chorus] 
[D] Our [Am] house, [Em] in the [Gm] middle of our [D] street,
Our [Am] house, [Em] in the [Gm] middle of our...
 
[Middle 8] 
[C] I remember way back then, when everything was true, and when,
[Gm] We would have such a very good time;
Such a [Dm] fine time, such a [Fm] happy time. 
And [C] I remember how we'd play,
Simply waste the day away, [Gm] then we'd say;
Nothing would come be- [Dm] tween us; two [Fm] dreamers.
 
[Verse] 
[C] Father wears his Sunday [Gm] best,
[Dm] Mother's tired she needs a rest, the [Fm] kids are playing up downstairs. 
[C] Sister's sighing in her [Gm] sleep,
[Dm] Brother's got a date to keep; he [Fm] can't hang around.
 
[Chorus] 
[D] Our [Am] house, [Em] in the [Gm] middle of our [D] street,
Our [Am] house, [Em] in the [Gm] middle of our 
 
[B] Our [F#m] house, [C#m] in the [Em] middle of our [B] street,
Our [F#m] house, [C#m] in the [Em] middle of our...
 
[C] Our [Gm] house, [Dm] was our [Fm] castle and our [C] keep,
Our [Gm] house, [Dm] in the [Fm] middle of our street.
 
[D] Our [Am] house, [Em] that was [Gm] where we used to [D] meet,
Our [Am] house, [Em] in the [Gm] middle of our [D] street

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Ace-How Long - BPM - 123

 [Intro]
Ab/Bb  Bb  x4
then Bm on the 4th beat of the 4th Bb
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
 
 
[Verse 1]
Ab/Bb                       Bb
Friends with their fancy persuasion
        Ab/Bb                   Bb
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
      Ab/Bb                     Bb
But I can't help but have my suspicions
         Ab/Bb                    Bb
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
        Ab/Bb                Bb
And you said you was never intendin' 
   Ab/Bb                      Bb
To break up our scene in this way
          Ab/Bb               Bb
But there ain't any use in pretendin' 
         Ab/Bb            Bb  Bm
It could happen to us any day
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
 
[Musical Interlude: 16 measures of Cm to Bb]
 
 
[Verse 2]
Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
But I can't help but have my suspicion
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
 
Oh, you said you was never intending
To break up our scene in this way
But there ain't any use in pretendin'
It could happen to us any day
 
And how long has this been going on
How long has this been going on
How long
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
How long
How long has this been going on
been going on
 
How
long has this been going on

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