A

[Verse 1]

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Fingers blistered from the nightly scratching at the window which won't open far enough to let air in.
           D
The house wins.
                     A
Oh the house always wins.

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Feral cats are screaming at the clouds beneath the window with the crask so small that nothing gets within.
           D
The house wins.
                     A
Oh the house always wins.


[Chorus]

           E                      D
You don't have to be alone to be lonely,
                       A
You might as well give in.


[Verse 2]

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Telephones are howling at the cats out in the alley and the window offers nothing in the din.
           D
The house wins.
                     A
Oh the house always wins.

  A                A+            A6                 A+
Clouds uncage the car alarms to chase the cats and telephones.
 A                A+               A6
Fingers rake and rasp away their skin.
           D
The house wins.
                     A
Oh the house always wins.


[Chorus]

           E                      D
You don't have to be alone to be lonely,
                       A
You might as well give in.
                 E                      D
Yeah, you don't have to be alone to be lonely,
                       A
You might as well give in.


[Instrumental]

D E A x6 
E D A


[Verse 3]

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Ice age upon catastrophic ice age of selection and only one result has trickled in...
           D
The house wins.
                     A
Oh the house always wins.

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If evil were a lesser breed then justice after all these years the righteous would have freed the world of sin
           D
The house wins.
                     A
Oh the house always wins.


[Chorus]

           E                      D
You don't have to be alone to be lonely,
                       A
You might as well give in.
           E                      D
You don't have to be alone to be lonely,
                       A
You might as well give in.
           E                     D
You don't have to be sick to be dying
                       A
You might as well give in.
           E                    D
You don't have to have lost to be lost.
        A
Oh give in.
           E                      D
You don't have to be alone to be lonely,
                       A
You might as well give in.