House Of Valparaiso Chords
by Calexico
House Of Valparaiso by Calexico is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Am, C, Dm, G6 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro :
Am C Dm G6
e|-0------0----3-----|--1------0------------------|
B|-1------1----1-----|--3------0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0--| ( / : repeat the chord)
G|-2------0----0-----|--2------0---0-0-0-0-0-1-0--|
D|-2-///--2-//-2-///-|--0-///--0-/----------------|
A|-0------3----------|---------2------------------|
E|-------------------|---------3------------------| x2
Solo Trumpet :
e|---------------------------3---1---| |------------------|
B|-3-5.-3-5.-3-5.--5-5-6-3-----------| |------0--1-3-1----|
G|-----------------------------------| |--0h2-------------|
D|-----------------------------------| |------------------|
A|-----------------------------------| |------------------|
E|-----------------------------------| Repeat |------------------|
Am C Dm G Am
Dialing in a forgotten voice, Coming in like waves rolling off the coast
C Dm G Am
Sweeping through illegal ports, Rising from the depths, falling off the tongue
C Dm G Am
Ships drifting out of tune, Coming in like waves rolling off the coast
G Am G Am G Am G
Many, many more, sculpting the shoreline, Etching the harbor and the people
G Am
stayed afloat
Am Dm G Am
Coming in like waves rolling off the coast
Am C Dm G Am
Dialing in a forgotten voice, Rising from the depths, falling off the tongue
Am C Dm G Am
Sweeping through illegal ports, Coming in like waves rolling off the coast
Am C Dm G Am
Ships drifting out of tune, Can't stop the waves coming like a ghost
Am G Am G
Is that your shape, in the foam of the sea
Am G Am G
After all these years, coming home to me?
Am Am G Dm Am Am G Dm
La Chascona, hearts to ocean
C C G G
Lying in the bath fully clothed
Dm Am C Dm
Ready for the ocean's wake,
G Am C Dm G Am C Dm G
The tears won't wash away, her eyes can't erase
Am C G G
Am C G G Am C G G Am C G G
Not safe to say, in her native tongue
Am C G G
A radio voice drowning out
Am C G G
The general's song lingering on
Am C G G
A raft made of books from a driftwood house
G Am
Returns to the waves