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  • Come On Up to the House

    Charles de Lint posted on April 08, 2013 18:47

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    “Come on Up to the House” is off of his 1999 Album Mule Variations (which he won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album). As much of his work in the last decade, this song lends itself to a soulful gospel sound—full of spiritualesque cries. - See more at: http://rednow.com/music/a-tribute-to-tom-waits/#sthash.8QaisNRy.dpuf

    “Come on Up to the House” is off of his 1999 Album Mule Variations (which he won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album). As much of his work in the last decade, this song lends itself to a soulful gospel sound—full of spiritualesque cries.

    ****REVISED AND REFORMATTED May 10, 2016 - SR****

    ~~~ChordPro Version UPDATED May 13, 2016 CEL~~~

    A video for this song:

    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2013 - Anything Goes!, November 2013 - Country, Bluegrass, Old-Timey..., January 2015 Anything Goes, September 16 2015 BUG Jam, May 18 2016, September 2016 - Folk, Country, Bluegrass (6 Comments)

Comments

Chris Hill
# Chris Hill
Monday, April 8, 2013 10:08 PM
Great choice Charles, love this tune. I've tried it many times but never gotten a good rendition, looking forward to hearing your take.
Charles de Lint
# Charles de Lint
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 12:41 AM
I hope you like it, Chris. It's a bit jauntier than the orig, but what's the point of trying to copy Waits? He already does it so well himself.
Bytown Ukulele Group
# Bytown Ukulele Group
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 6:16 PM
I agree with Chris, great choice. I never try to copy Waits either, there is no point. I just take the songs and try to put my own take on them, they never sound like originals, but they are a blast to sing.
Charles de Lint
# Charles de Lint
Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:33 AM
I'm still trying to figure out how to do a version of What's He Building in There? :)
Sue Rogers
# Sue Rogers
Friday, April 12, 2013 3:07 PM
Hi Charles,

If you have a chance, could you please check the document I've formatted for printing/visuals? I hope I've reproduced what you wanted. New song for me so I counted on the recording you posted for chord placement. Thanks for contributing!
Bytown Ukulele Group
# Bytown Ukulele Group
Sunday, October 27, 2013 7:58 PM
Hey Charles, I assume this will be the same as last time you lead this tune? You posted it a second time so I removed the duplicate, can retrieve it if needed.

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