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House Of Plywood by J.P. Cormier







          House Of Plywood 





 
 
 
INTRO: Am
 
                            G      C
With just one step upon the lonely road
             F       C
And you were on your way
   Am                              C
An ancient heart that bore a heavy load
         G                   C                F              Am
You were just thirteen and became a man and a vagabond, they say
 
 
                        G         C
A minstrel and a beggar you would be
       F           C
Roving through the land
    Am                           C
You wrote about each special memory
        G               C               F                 Am
And the stories of this country came to life beneath your hand
 
 
CHORUS:
        G                                  C
And you built this house of plywood with a boot-heel and a pen
  G                                     C
A line of ink that stretches across the country and back again
            F                                                 Am
Through the sawdust and the spotlight your words still linger on____
     G                                                  C     Am
Last night I dreamed that Canada was a song by Stompin' Tom
 
 
                          G       C
The people and the places in your songs
            F      C
Became your battle cry
Am                            C
Live or die, whether right or wrong
    G                 C              F                   Am
You raised the flag before us and we saw it through your eyes
 
 
                             G         C
Some men stumble beneath the weight of fame
         F          C
But your steps were true
    Am                                    C
You changed the rules so we could win the game
        G            C                F                Am
And you held us all above you right until the song was through
 
 
CHORUS:
        G                                  C
And you built this house of plywood with a boot-heel and a pen
  G                                     C
A line of ink that stretches across the country and back again
            F                                                 Am
Through the sawdust and the spotlight your words still linger on____
     G                                                  C      Am
Last night I dreamed that Canada was a song by Stompin' Tom
 
 
                         G        C
It takes a mighty man to bear his heart
       F             C
And admit he numbers not
Am                              C
Someone that is no one from the start
     G               C              F                     Am
That sometimes being nothing is the best thing that we've got
 
 
CHORUS:
        G                                  C
And you built this house of plywood with a boot-heel and a pen
  G                                 C
A line of ink that stretches to the sunrise without end
            F                                                 Am
Through the sawdust and the spotlight your words still linger on____
     G                                                  C
Last night I dreamed that Canada was a song by Stompin' Tom
     G                                                  C
Last night I dreamed this nation was a song by Stompin' Tom
G                                         Am
We're all just a song, a song by Stompin' Tom
 
 
OUTRO: Am       (## fade to end ##)








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