E         A
My house is a lonely house (lonely house)
       E         A
But it once was a happy house (happy house)
        E                           B
And the two of us were happy as I recall (as I recall)


[Chorus]
            E           C#m
But now the rain falls around it
    E            C#m
And loneliness surrounds it
    A          B            E  B
And I'm in the middle of it all


[Verse]
   E              A
My friends look at me and say (me and say)
  E                    A
I wonder what made that boy that way (boy that way)
    E                         B
The boy doesn't even smile at all (smile at all)


[Chorus]
      E            C#m
But I wonder what they would say
   E                     C#m
If their world just came down one day 
    A                B            E  F#m E7/G#
And they were in the middle of it all


[Bridge]
A                                     E                F#m E7/G#
 I gave that girl all the love that I had, had to give
A                                 E                B
 And the love that I gave her was real now, really real


[Verse]
      E                    A
Now I ache, yeah, with heartbreak and pain (heartbreak and pain)
      E               A
And a hurt that I just can't explain
        E                              B
Yes, it looks like my life is about to fall (about to fall)


[Chorus]
       E              C#m
But, I built a shell around it 
    E           C#m
But sadness has found it
    A              B            E
And me, I'm in the middle of it all