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The House

THE HOUSE

My Father's Gone...

My Father has passed into the beyond...He was Born on January 7, 1927 and he passed away on December 26, 2011...I will truly miss him...but I have made my peace with Him. We have lived together with my father since 1998...up to 2011 and my family moved out of the house that we stayed together by August of 2011 more than 13 years...before I left for my job in Qatar in 2009 and saw him again this March 2011 after I came home for vacation ...Last time we spoke was when I left again for Qatar in May of 2011....now he can join my mother and they can be together again after 29 years since she passed away...I would always remember my father's devotion to my mother...he would always visit her in her resting place...anytime he can visit no matter what day...or month it was...He never misses an All Saints or All souls day without spending the day with my mother in her grave site...lighting those chinese candles...I never ask him why he does visit oh so often...it could have been survivor's guilt or true love...either way...I believe it was his true love that has left him...to go on this life without my mother...He only stop visiting when his health has started to fail him and his body has become frail...He tried to raise us all the best he could...with my mother...and he has raised us well...He lived a full life...at 84 years old...its just a matter of 2 weeks he could have chalked up his 85 birthday...but that was not meant to be...It must have been quite lonely when you start to lose all your friends to the grim reaper...one by one they have gone...and when its your birthday...the familiar faces of friends are dwindling down...I could not wish for a better life for him...May your soul and mother's soul may now rest in peace and be together once more...These are are last images taken of my parents before their passing...My father's picture taken with his youngest grand daughter almost two months prior to his passing...and my mother's picture taken before she pass away...and my mother's tombstone...

Hold Me Now

D
I have a picture,
Bm
pinned to my wall.
G
An image of you and of me and we're laughing and
A
loving it all.
D
Look at our life now,
Bm
tattered and torn.
G
We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears that we
A
cry until dawn

D Bm
Hold me now, warm my heart
G A
stay with me, let loving start (let loving start)
D
You say I'm a dreamer,
Bm
we're two of a kind
G
Both of us searching for some perfect world we
A
will never find
D
So perhaps I should leave here,
Bm
yeah yeah go far away
G
But you know that there’s no where that I'd rather be than
A
with you here today
[Chorus]
D
You ask if I love you,
Bm
well what can I say?
G
You know that I do and if this is just one of those

A
games that we play
D
So I'll sing you a new song,
Bm
please don't cry anymore
G
I'll ask your forgiveness, though I don't know just what I'm
A
asking it for

1000 Miles

intro: G9

G9 A

Making my way downtown

F#m

Walking fast

G

Faces passed

G9 A G9 A

And I'm home bound

G9 A

Staring blankly ahead

F#m

Just making my way

G

Making my way

G9 A G9 A

Through the crowd

G9 Bm A

And I need you

G9-Bm-A

And I miss you

G9 A G9 A

And now I wonder....

G9 A

If I could fall

F#m G

Into the sky

G9 A

Do you think time

F#m G

Would pass me by

G9 A

'Cause you know I'd walk

F#m G

A thousand miles

G

If I could

G9 A

Just see you

G9 A G9 A G9 A

Tonight

G9 A

It's always times like these

F#m

When I think of you

G

And I wonder

G

If you ever

G9 A G9 A

Think of me

G9 A

'Cause everything's so wrong

F#m

And I don't belong

G

Living in your

G9 A G9 A

Precious memories

G9 Bm A

'Cause I need you

G9 Bm A

And I miss you

G9 A G9 A

And now I wonder....

G9 A

If I could fall

F#m G

Into the sky

G9 A

Do you think time

F#m G

Would pass me by

G9 A

'Cause you know I'd walk

F#m G

A thousand miles

G

If I could

G9 A

Just see you

G9 A G9 A G9 A

Tonight

G9 A

And I, I

F#m G

Don't want to let you know

G9 A

I, I

F#m G

Drown in your memory

G9 A

I, I

F#m G

Don't want to let this go

G9 A

I, I

G9

Don't....

What Can I Do

Intro: D . A2/C# . Gsus2 . . . D . A2 . G/E . . .

Verse 1:

D . A2/C# . Gsus2 . . .

I haven't slept at all in days,

D . A2 . G/E . . .

It's been so long since we've talked

D . A2/C# . Gsus2 . . .

I have been here many times

D . A2 . G/E . . .

I just don't know what I'm doing wrong

Chorus:

D . A2 . Gsus2 . . . D . A2 . G/E . . .

What can I do to make you love me? What can I do to make you care?

D . A2 . Gsus2 . . . D . A2 . G/E . . .

What can I say to make you feel this? What can I do to get you there?

Verse 2:

D . A2/C# . Gsus2 . . .

There's only so much I can take

D . A2 . G/E . . .

And I've just got to let it go

D . A2/C# . Gsus2 . . .

And who knows I might feel better - yeah

D . A2 . G/E . . .

If I don't try then I don't hope (to chorus)

Bridge:

Bm . . . Bm7 . . . Gsus2 - A2 Gsus2 - A2

No more waiting, no more - ach - ing,

Bm . . . Bm7 . . . Gsus2 - A2 Gsus2 - A2

No more fighting, no more - try - ing

Verse 3:

D . A2/C# . Gsus2 . . .

Maybe there's nothing more to say,

D . A2 . G/E . . .

And in a funny way I'm calm

D . A2/C# . Gsus2 . . .

Because the power is not - mine

D . A2 . G/E . . .

I'm just gonna let it fly

Here comes the Rain Again

Bm G

Here comes the rain again, fallin' to my head like a memory,

A

Fallin' to my head like a new emotion

Bm G

I wanna walk in the open wind, i wanna talk like lovers do,

A Bm

I wanna dive into your ocean, is it rainin' with you?

Chorus:

G D

Talk to me, like lovers do.

G D

Walk with me, like lovers do.

G D

Talk to me, like lovers do.

G A

Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhh....

Bm-G-A-Bm

(Same chords above)

Here comes the rain again, rainin' in my head like a tragedy,

And tearin' me apart like a new emotion.

I wanna breathe in the open wind, i wanna kiss like lovers do,

I wanna dive into your ocean, is it rainin' with you?

(Chorus)

Bm]

Here is comes again.

G]

Here it comes again, no.

G#m] Bm

Here it comes again.

Bm G

Here it comes, here it comes again,

G#m Bm

Noooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooo...

Here comes the rain again, fallin! to my head like a memory,

Fallin' to my head like a new emotion,

Here it comes again, here it comes again.

I wanna walk in the open wind, i wanna talk like lovers do,

I wanna dive into your ocean, is it rainin' with you?

Here comes the rain again, rainin' in my head like a tragedy,

And tearin' me apart like a new emotion.

I wanna breathe in the open wind, i wanna kiss like lovers do,

I wanna dive into your ocean, is it rainin' with you....?

I HATE THIS SONG

VERSE 1:

D5 D/F#

Speak with your tongue tied,

I know that you're tired

D/Bm7

But I just want to know,

Gsus2

Where you want to go

D5 D/F#

I may be sad, but I'm not weak,

This situation is bleak

D/Bm7

And your puffy eyes never lie,

Gsus2

Your tears come from inside.

CHORUS:

D D/F# Gsus2

Until Sunday I'll be waiting for an answer

D D/F# Gsus2

I guess that yesterday's not good enough for you,

D D/F# Gsus2

You know that I hate this song,

D D/F# Gsus2

You know that I hate this song

D/Bm7 A5 D5

Because it was written for you

Bm7 A5 D

This is becoming a problem I'm hurting it's unfair

Gsus2

But somehow your words,

A5 D/Bm7

The way that I heard are haunting me,

D

You're under my skin

A5

You're breaking in,

D/Bm7

And the tasteless fights that filled our nights

Gsus2

Are starting to cave in,

D

You're under my skin

A5

You're breaking in

D/B

And if Sundays what it takes to prove

Gsus2

I have nothing else to loose

VERSE 2:

D5 D/F#

Drown your fears with me

I'm feeling real sorry

D/Bm7

Your glossy eyes don't need

Gsus2

The sadness they have seen

D5 D/F#

But you're way too deep to swim

Back up again

D/Bm7

But somehow I can't find

Gsus2

The moment you said goodbye

CHORUS:

D D/F# Gsus2

Until Sunday I'll be waiting for an answer

D D/F# Gsus2

I guess that yesterday's not good enough for you,

D D/F# Gsus2

You know that I hate this song,

D D/F# Gsus2

You know that I hate this song

D/Bm7 A5 D5

Because it was written for you