Capo on 3
D
I know they say you cant go home again
F#
I just had to come back one last time
G
Maam I know you don t know me from Adam
D A
But these handprints on the front steps are mine
D
Up those stairs in that little back bedroom
F#
Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar
G
I bet you didn t know under that live oak
D A
My favorite dog is buried in the yard
G D
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
Em D
This brokenness inside me might start healing
G
Out here its like Im someone else
Bm G
I thought that maybe I could find myself
D G
If I could just come in I swear Ill leave
G D
Wont take nothing but a memory
D A D
From the house that built me
D
Mama cut out pictures of houses for years
F#
From Better Homes and Gardens magazine
G
Plans were drawn and concrete poured
G
Nail by nail and board by board
D A
Daddy gave life to mamas dream
G D
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
Em D
This brokenness inside me might start healing
G
Out here its like Im someone else
Bm G
I thought that maybe I could find myself
D G
If I could just come in I swear Ill leave
G D
Won t take nothing but a memory
D A D
From the house that built me
Em D
You leave home and you move on and you do the best you can
Bm G A
I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am
G D
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
Em D
This brokenness inside me might start healing
G
Out here its like Im someone else
Bm G
I thought that maybe I could find myself
D G
If I could walk around I swear Ill leave
G D
Wont take nothing but a memory
D A G Em A D
From the house that built me