The House That Built Me chords by Boyce Avenue

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D MajorD D
D MajorD A augmentedA
G+G D MajorD
D A augmentedA
D MajorD D


Verse 1:
D MajorD
I know they say you can't go home again.
F# minorF#m
I just had to come back one last time.
G+G
Ma'am I know you don't know me from Adam.
D MajorD                       A augmentedA
But these hand prints on the front steps are mine.

D MajorD
Up those stairs, in that little back bedroom
F# minorF#m
Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar.
G+G
And I bet you didn't know, under that live oak
  D MajorD               A augmentedA
My favorite dog is buried in the yard.

Chorus:
G+G                     D MajorD
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
   E minorEm                 D MajorD
This brokenness inside me might start healing.
D MajorD
Out here it's like I'm someone else,
B minorBm                 G+G
I thought that maybe I could find myself
D MajorD                   G+G
If I could just come in I swear I'll leave.
       D MajorD
Won't take nothing but a memory
      A augmentedA        D MajorD
From the house that built me.


Verse 2:
D MajorD
Mama cut out pictures of houses for years.
F# minorF#m
From 'Better Homes and Garden' magazines.
G+G
Plans were drawn, and concrete poured,
G+G
And nail by nail and board by board
D MajorD             A augmentedA
Daddy gave life to mama's dream.

Chorus:
G+G
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
    E minorEm               D MajorD
This brokenness inside me might start healing.
G+G
Out here it's like I'm someone else,
  B minorBm               G+G
I thought that maybe I could find myself.
   D MajorD               G+G
If I could just come in I swear I'll leave.
    D MajorD
Won't take nothing but a memory
A augmentedA          D MajorD
From the house that built me.


Bridge:
B minorBm                    D MajorD
You leave home, you move on and you do the best you can.
E minorEm                G+G      A augmentedA
I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am.


Chorus:
G+G                     D MajorD
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
   E minorEm                D MajorD
This brokenness inside me might start healing.
G+G
Out here it's like I'm someone else,
  B minorBm                G+G
I thought that maybe I could find myself.
   D MajorD                 G+G
If I could walk around I swear I'll leave.
       D MajorD
Won't take nothing but a memory
     A augmentedA         D MajorD
From the house that, built me.


Outro:
D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD