...OUR HOUSE... by Madness
---------------...........

*from 'The Rise & Fall' (1982)*


[Intro]

        (x3)


[Verse]

             
 Father wears 

           
his Sunday bes

t,
            
 Mother's tire

              
d she needs a 

          
rest, the kids

 are playing u

p downstairs.

             
 Sister's sigh

           
ing in her sle

ep,
            
 Brother's got

              
 a date to kee

      
p; he can't ha

ng around.


[Chorus]

         
 Our house, in

            
 the middle of

     
 our street,
          
Our house, in 

    
the middle of 

our...


[Verse]

             
 Our house it 

      
has a crowd,
            
There's always

              
 something hap

              
pening, and it

   
's usually qui

te loud.

             
 Our mum she's

          
 so house-prou

d.
            
 Nothing ever 

              
slows her down

        
, and a mess i

s not allowed.


[Chorus]

         
 Our house, in

            
 the middle of

     
 our street,
          
Our house, in 

    
the middle of 

our...

        
 Our house, in

           
 the middle of

     
 our street,
          
 Something tel

              
ls you that yo

           
u've got to ge

          
t away from it

.


[Verse]

             
 Father gets u

           
p late for wor

k,
            
 Mother has to

              
 iron his shir

   
t, then she se

nds the kids t

o school.

             
 Sees them off

              
 with a small 


kiss.
            
 She's the one

              
 they're going

             
 to miss, in l


ots of ways.


[Interlude]

        (x2)


[Solo]

        (x2)


[Chorus]

         
 Our house, in

            
 the middle of

     
 our street,
          
Our house, in 

    
the middle of 

our...


[Middle 8]


 I remember wa

y back then, w

hen everything

 was true, and

 when,

 We would have

 such a very g

ood time;
            
Such a fine ti

           
me, such a hap

py time.

    
And I remember

 how we'd play

,
              
Simply waste t

             
he day away, t


hen we'd say;
              
Nothing would 

            
come be-tween 

        
us; two dreame

rs.


[Verse]

             
 Father wears 

           
his Sunday bes

t,
            
 Mother's tire

              
d she needs a 

          
rest, the kids

 are playing u

p downstairs.

             
 Sister's sigh

           
ing in her sle

ep,
            
 Brother's got

              
 a date to kee

      
p; he can't ha

ng around.


[Chorus]

         
 Our house, in

            
 the middle of

     
 our street,
          
Our house, in 

            
the middle of 

   (
our street.

        
 Our house, in

           
 the middle of

     
 our street,
        
Our house, in 

    
the middle of 

our...

         
 Our house, wa

            
s our castle a

       
nd our keep,
          
Our house, in 

            
the middle of 

   (
our street.

         
 Our house, th

            
at was where w

          
e used to meet

,
          
Our house, in 

            
the middle of 

   (
our street.

(Fade out)


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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)