Houses on the Hill

©Barland Music/Texas Browndog Music (BMI)/Bug Music

By David Ryan Adams and Caitlin Cary

>From Whiskeytown's album STRANGER'S ALMANAC (Outpost Records/Mood Food Records)

INTRO: [C F G G C F G G]

VERSE ONE: Well, I [C]found a bunch of letters

They were [F]written for the fellow

Who [G]broke your momma's heart

And the [C]envelope folds [F]smelled of her ancient per[G]fume

[F]I'll bet she didn't [G]know

How to re[C]spond to forty [C/B]blankets of [Am]snow

[Am/G]Caught him out [F]wandering a[G]lone

With no place to [C]go [F C]

CHORUS I: [F] There were stars in the [C]sky

There were [C]houses on the [C/B]hill

There were [Am]bottles and [Am/G]pills

That were [F]easy to buy to [G]keep her warm

From the [C]oncoming storm [F C]

VERSE TWO: Well, I found them in the northwest corner of the attic

In a box labeled "Tinsel and Lights"

Didn't know what I was looking for

Maybe just a blanket or artifacts

Eisenhower sent him to war

He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart

And when he hit shore, it must have been a target

For the gunner-men

CHORUS II: There were stars in the sky

There were bunkers in the hill

And there were caskets to fill where he would lie

Shrouded in the red, white & blue with the stripes

repeat CHORUS I