Tuning: drop D, capo on 3 tabbed in relation to capo e|------------------------------------------------0----0h2---3----2----------| B|--------------------3------------------------3-----------------------------| G|----------------2------------------------2---------------------------------| D|-----0-----0------0------0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0----------0-------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0-----0-----0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0-------0-------------| e|--0---------------------------------------------------0-----0h2---3---2----| B|--------3---2----------0h3----0------------------3-------------------------| G|----------------------------------0--------2-------------------------------| D|-----2----------2---------0-----------0-------0----------0------0-------0--| A|--0---------0--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------5--------5----------0-------0--------0-------0------|
e|--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------3---2-----3---------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----2---------2------------------------------------------------------------| A|--0---------0---------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------0---------------------------------------------------------| Miranda Lambert varies the way she picks each chord. That will take a little improv or you could play just the chords, or follow the basic style that each finger picking section is based off of which I have tabbed right here. Make sure you use the chords the way they are written here because the low E string is now a D. D F#m G A Em Bm e|-2---2----x----x----0----x-----| b|-3---2----3----2----0----3-----| g|-2---2----0----2----0----4-----| d|-0---4----0----2----2----4-----| a|-x---x----x----0----x----2-----| d|-0---4----5----x----2----x-----| D F#m e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-------------3-----------------------2---------------2-------| G|---------2------------2------------------------2-------------2-------------| D|----0------0-----0------0-----------------4------4------4-------4----------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0----0-------0-----0-------0----------4----4-------4-----4---------4-----| G A e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------3-------------3----------------------2------------2---------| G|---------0--------------0-----------------------2------------2-------------| D|----0-------0------0------0-----------------2-----2------2-----2-----------| A|-----------------------------------------0----0-------0----0-------0-------| D|--5----5---------5----5--------5-------------------------------------------| Em Bm e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------3-------------3---------| G|------------------------------------------------4------------4--------------| D|---------0---0-----------0---0-------------4-------4-----4------4-----------| A|-----2-----2-------2-------2------------2-----2--------2---2--------2-------| E|--2-----2-------2-------2-------2-------------------------------------------| D F#m I know they say you can't go home again I just had to come back one last time G Ma'am, I know you don't know me from Adam D A But these hand prints on the front steps are mine D Up those stairs in that little back bedroom F#m Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar G And 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 it's like I'm someone else Bm G I thought that maybe I could find myself D G If I could just come in, I swear I'll leave D Won't take nothing but a memory A D From the house that built me D Mama cut out pictures of houses for years F#m From "Better Homes and Garden" magazines G Plans were drawn and concrete poured And nail by nail and board by board D A Daddy gave life to mama's 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 it's like I'm someone else Bm G I thought that maybe I could find myself D G If I could just come in, I swear I'll leave D Won't take nothing but a memory A D From the house that built me Bm You leave home, you move on D And you do the best you can Em I got lost in this whole world G A 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 it's like I'm someone else Bm G I thought that maybe I could find myself D G If I could walk around, I swear I'll leave D Won't take nothing but a memory A D From the house that built me ************************************ | / slide up | slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The House That Built Me by Miranda Lambert