Happy Home chords by Paula Cole

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Intro
Bb-C
Bb-C

Bb majorBb
I remember the pain in my mother's eyes
Bb majorBb                  DmDm   C majorC
I remember the pain of her compromise years ago
Bb majorBb
I always wanted to help to make it go away
Bb majorBb                        DmDm C majorC
I didn't know it was her freedom that she needed so
Bb majorBb       C majorC   Bb majorBb    G minorGm
And she said to me, she said to me

Chorus
FF
He hitch-hiked to Maine
FF           Bb majorBb
We went cross-country
           Bb majorBb
I had to leave my home
           DmDm
I had to raise a family
          C majorC          DmDm
We did the best we could being so young
          C majorC
We tried to hard to build a happy home

Bb majorBb
I never knew what to say to anybody
Bb majorBb                   DmDm  C majorC
I didn't know what to do, I was far too young
Bb majorBb
But everybody could feel the suffocation
Bb majorBb                DmDm  C majorC
Underneath for facade of a happy home
Bb majorBb       C majorC   Bb majorBb    G minorGm
And she said to me, she said to me

Chorus
FF
He hitch-hiked to Maine
FF           Bb majorBb
We went cross-country
           Bb majorBb
I had to leave my home
           DmDm
I had to raise a family
          C majorC          DmDm
We did the best we could being so young
          C majorC
We tried to hard to build a happy, build a happy, build a happy
Bb majorBb         C majorC
Home sweet freedom flowing in my eyes
Bb majorBb         C majorC
Home sweet freedom flowing in my mind

Instrumental
F-Bb
F-Bb-Dm

Bridge
          C majorC          DmDm
We did the best we could being so young
          C majorC
We tried so hard to build a happy home

Bb majorBb
Sacrificed her dreams to motherhood
Bb majorBb                 DmDm  C majorC
Waiting and waiting to be understood fully
Bb majorBb
Sacrificed her years to the family
Bb majorBb                DmDm  C majorC
Waiting and waiting to be heard finally
Bb majorBb       C majorC   Bb majorBb    G minorGm
And she said to me, she said to me

Chorus
FF
He hitch-hiked to Maine
FF           Bb majorBb
We went cross-country
           Bb majorBb
I had to leave my home
           DmDm
I had to raise a family
          C majorC         DmDm
We did the best we could being so young
          C majorC
We tried to hard to build a happy home
FF
He hitch-hiked to Maine
FF           Bb majorBb
We went cross-country
           Bb majorBb
I had to leave my home
           DmDm
I had to raise a family
          C majorC         DmDm
We did the best we could being so young
          C majorC
We tried to hard to build a happy, build a happy, build a happy

Coda
FF          F- Bb-F-Bb-F-Bb-F-Bb
Home sweet freedom
       Bb majorBb
Build a happy home