Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Intro: F C Bb F F C F Verse: F I know they say, you can't go home again Am I just had to come back one last time Bb Ma'am I know, you don't know me from Adam F C But these handprints on the front steps are mine F Up those stairs, in that little back bedroom Am Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar Bb And I bet you didn't know, under that live oak F C My favorite dog is buried in the yard
Chorus: Bb F I thought if I could touch this place, or feel it Gm F This brokenness inside me might start healin' Bb Out here it's like I'm someone else, Dm Bb I thought that maybe I could find myself F Bb If I could just come in I swear I'll leave F Won't take nothin' but a memory C F From the house that... built me Verse: F Mama cut out pictures of houses for years Am From "Better Homes and Garden" magazine Bb Plans were drawn and concrete poured and Bb Nail by nail and board by board F C Daddy gave life to Mama's dream Chorus: Bb F I thought if I could touch this place, or feel it Gm F This brokenness inside me might start healin' Bb Out here it's like I'm someone else, Dm Bb I thought that maybe I could find myself F Bb If I could just come in I swear I'll leave F Won't take nothin' but a memory C F From the house that... built me Bridge: Dm F You leave home and you move on and you do the best you can Gm Bb C I got lost in this old world and forgot, who I am Chorus/Outro: Bb F I thought if I could touch this place or feel it Gm F This brokenness inside me might start healing Bb Out here it's like I'm someone else Dm Bb I thought that maybe I could find myself F Bb If I could walk around I swear I'll leave F Won't take nothin' but a memory C Bb F Gm C F From the house that.... built me