[Intro]
D  A7  D  G
 
[Verse]
          D                          A7
There's a house on my block that's abandoned and cold
D                         G
Folks moved out of it a long time ago
    D                          A7
And they took all their things and they never came back
D                                 G
It looks like it's haunted with the windows all cracked
D                    A7                             G     D  D7
Everyone call it the house, the house where nobody lives
 
[Chorus]
  G
Once it held laughter, once it held dreams
         D                                     D7
Did they throw it away, did they know what it means
G                        E7                            A      A7
Did someone's heart break  or did someone do somebody wrong?
 
[Verse]
    D                                A7
Well, the paint is all cracked, it was peeled off of the wood
D                               G
The papers were stacked on the porch where I stood
D                             A7
The weeds had grown up just as high as the door
D                                      G
There were birds in the chimney and an old chest of drawers
            D               A7                                   G       D  D7
Looks like no one will ever come back, to the house where nobody lives
 
[Chorus]
        G
Oh, and once it held laughter, once it held dreams
         D                                     D7
Did they throw it away, did they know what it means
G                        E7                            A      A7
Did someone's heart break  or did someone do somebody wrong?
 
[Verse]
         D                        A7
So if you find someone, someone to have, someone to hold
     D                             G
Don't trade it for silver, no don't trade it for gold
             D                                   A7
'Cause I have all of life's treasures and they're fine and they're good
D                                G
They remind me that houses are just made of wood
          D                               A7
What makes a house grand, oh, it ain't the roof or the doors
  D                               G
If there's love in a house, it's a palace for sure
       D                            A7                            G       D
Without love, it ain't nothin' but a house, a house where nobody lives
       D                            A7                            G       D
Without love, it ain't nothin' but a house, a house where nobody lives