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Mack Geiger – Dying In This House Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
Dm7  G  C


[Verse 1]
C           Em
Layin' all alone
       F           Dm7
In the dark of our home
        C            Em
I can't sleep in the bed
          F   G7
With your ghost
       C                     Em7
My heart's heavy, the air is thick
               F                Dm7
The sheets are cold, my head is sick
     C                     Em7
Thinkin' 'bout what you've done
               F  G
And why you're gone


[Chorus]
             F
I'm dyin' in this house
G                                  C   G/B
Like the little plants you forgot about
Am7                                 Dm7
Like the wood that built the walls around
G                             C
Like the promises you made to me
                               F
Like the trust we had and love we grew
G                           C   G/B
Like the innocence I saw in you
Am7                          Dm7  G7
Burnin' me alive with no way out
                  C   G C
I'm dyin' in this house


[Verse 2]
C                   Em
I'll crawl into the flames
              F                Dm7
'Cause I know hurting, I won't escape
              C            Em
And pour some gas on every dream
        F  G
And memory
        C              Em7
I don't want to feel a thing
        F            Dm7
Burn me black, set me free
         C           Em7
From the cold, empty pain
              F  G
That lives in me


[Chorus]
             F
I'm dyin' in this house
G                                  C   G/B
Like the little plants you forgot about
Am7                                 Dm7
Like the wood that built the walls around
G                             C
Like the promises you made to me
                               F
Like the trust we had and love we grew
G                           C   G/B
Like the innocence I saw in you
Am7                          Dm7  G7
Burnin' me alive with no way out
                  C     Am
I'm dyin' in this house


[Outro]
                           Dm     G
I'm burnin' alive with no way out
                  C      G C
I'm dyin' in this house

How to play Dying In This House: key, chords and progression

To play Dying In This House by Mack Geiger, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 11 chords: Dm7, G, C, Em, F, G7, Em7, G/B, Am7, Am and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – G – C – G/B (IV – V – I – V in C major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.