#------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #---------------------------------------------------------------------# TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES ******************************************************************************** Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini Date: December 16, 1999 Album: Emotions Written by: LOVE'S THE ONLY HOUSE Martina McBride Intro notes --4-2-4-5-4-2-4-------- ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- A D E A I was standing in the grocery store line The one they marked ex-press A E When this woman came through with about twenty-five things D A And I said, "Don't you know that more is less?" A D A She said this world is moving so fast I just get more behind every day A E And every morning when I make my coffee D A I can't be-lieve my life's turned out this way All I can say was CHORUS: A E Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world A D E Love's the only house big enough for all the pain A He was walking by the other day and I said D A "Hey baby how you been. Yeah, I've got me a little girl now. E And she's four years old and she's got her daddy's little grin A D E You only wanted what you can't have And baby you can't have me now D I gave my heart to another Yeah I'm a mother and he's a father D And we're a family and we've got each other D And I found out the hard way that" go to chorus, lead A You drive three miles from all this prosperity A Down across the river and you see a ghetto there A We got children walking around with guns and they've got knives A And drugs and pain to spare A E Here I am in my clean white shirt with a little money in my pocket A And a nice warm home E And we got teenagers walking around in a culture of darkness living E Together alone All I can say is go to chorus F#m E And I can't explain it and I can't understand D But I've come down and get my hands dirty D E and together we'll make a stand A Some will cross a parking lot some band playing out of tune D City streets are going to burn If we don't do something soon A A Senorita can't quit crying Baby's due now in a day D Don Juan left got sick of trying No one there to show him the way A She came down to the grocery store She said, I, A I want to buy a little carton of milk but I don't have any money A E I said Hey I'll cover you honey Cause the pain's gotta go somewhere E A E Yeah, the pain's got to go someplace So come down to my house Go to chorus ENDING: vamp on A D E Don't you know love go to chorus don't you now love yea yea yea