Intro:    G - C - D*  2X  (Harmonica on 2nd round)  (D* means variations with sus2 and sus4) 
 
G I was standing in the C grocery store line, the D* one marked "Express", when this G
woman came through with about C 25 things.   And I said, D* "Don't you know that more is
less?" 
 
She said this G world is moving so C fast, I just D* get more behind every day
G And every morning when I C make my coffee, I can't  be- D* lieve  my life has turned
out this way.   All I can say is - 
 
Chorus:         G Love's the only house C big enough for all the D* pain in the world
G Love's the only house C big enough for all the D* pain
 
G He was walking by the C other day and I said, D* "Hey, baby, how yah been?"
G Yeah!  I got a little girl C now and she's four years old and D* she's got her daddy's little
grin 
G You only wanted what C you can't have, and baby D* you can't have me now
I gave my heart to G another yeah, I'm a C mother and he's a father and we're a D* family
and we got each other and I found out the hard way that - 
 
CHORUS (lead harmony), then 4 measure instrumental with harmonica 
 
G You drive 3 miles from all this C prosperity, down across the D* river and you see a
ghetto there. 
G/Bm** We got children walking around with C guns and they got knives and D* drugs
and pain to spare. 
G And here I am in my clean C white shirt with a little money in my D* pocket and a nice
warm home. 
G/Bm We got teenagers C walking around in a culture of darkness D* living together
alone. 
 
CHORUS (lead harmony) 
 
Refrain:        Em And no, I can't explain it, A and I can't understand it, C but I'll come and
get my hands dirty and D together we'll make a stand.
 
Mostly Bass     G Someone across the parking lot, C some band's playing out a tune.
D City streets are gonna burn if we don't do somethin' soon
G Senorita can't quit crying, C baby's die now any day.  D Don Juan left, got
sick of trying.  No one there to show him the way. 
 
G She came down to the C grocery store, she D said, "I, I wanna buy a little carton of milk,
but I don't have any money."  G/Bm I said C hey, "I'll cover you honey." D
D Cause the pain got to go somewhere ( G/Bm I don't have any money, I don't have any C
money) D
Yeah, the pain's gotta go someplace, so come on down to my house. G/Bm - C - D   Don't you
know that - 
 
CHORUS   2X  1st is lead harmony, 2nd is background harmony with lead vocal
Don't you know that love's the only house;   Yeah eah eah eah eah eah eah eah, Yeah eah eah.
 
Outro:   G -C - D           G - C - D        G - C - D        G 
*G/Bm = Bass plays B (Bm implied) over "G" chord or Bm may be played on guitar