Joe Dolan - The House With The Whitewashed Gable (1967) | Musicians Playbook | Chords & Lyrics

Joe Dolan, The House With The Whitewashed Gable (1967)
^{Key: :[A] (w: Kevin Dunne, Neil Levinson)}
INTRO: [/E/F#/G#/A]

REFRAIN:
[A] Dum-de-dum dum, [D] Dum-de-dum-de-dum
[A] Dum-de-dum-de-dum, [E7] Dum, dum, dum [/E/F#/G#/A]

REPEAT REFRAIN:

VERSE 1:
[A] I'm in love with the [D] girl who lives
In the [A] house with the whitewashed [F#7] gable
And [D] every time she [E7] looks my way
[A] My poor heart seems to say [/E/F#/G#/A]

CHORUS:
[A] I'm in love with the [D] girl who lives
In the [A] house with the whitewashed [F#7] gable
And [D] I won't rest un-[E7]-til she marries [A] me

REPEAT REFRAIN:

VERSE 3:
So I [A] knocked on the door of the [D] pretty little house
Just as [A] soon as I was [F#7] able
And [D] Mary Lou said [E7] 'Hi' to me
[A] Now I'm as happy as I can be [/E/F#/G#/A]

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK:
[A] Dum-de-dum dum, [A/G] dum-de-[A/F#]-dum-de-[A/E]-dum

BRIDGE:
Her [D] eyes are baby blue
And her [C#m] hair's so pretty too
If [D] she'd just be my girl
It would [E7 open] [*B1] be a wonderful world for me

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK:
[*W] She [A open] just said she'd [E7 open] marry [A] me

REPEAT REFRAIN: [x3]

ADDITIONAL INFO:

[*B1]
G|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-3--5--7p5p3-|
E|-3--5--6p5p3-|-------------|

[*W] (wedding bells)
E|-------------------|
B|-5h6-5-------------|
G|-------5h7-5-3-----|
D|---------------5-3-|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

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K ^{( 50 songs )}

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Q ( 7 songs )

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