Chords and tab relative to capo.
e|---------------------------------------------0h2-2p0---------------------------------|
B|----------------3-----------------------3--------------3--------0h3------------------|
G|------------2--------2----2---------2----------------------2---------4--0--2---------|
D|---0--0--0---------0----0----0--0----------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------0h2--2p0-----------------2-------------------------------------------|
B|----------3---------------5--3--2-------3-------------------------------------------|
G|------2---------------------------------2-------------------------------------------|
D|---0------------------------------------x-------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------x-------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------x-------------------------------------------|
Just keep strumming D right into the first verse.
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
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
A
My favorite dog is buried in the yard
D
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
D
This brokenness inside me might start healing
G
Out here its like Im someone else
G
I thought that maybe I could find myself
G
If I could just come in I swear Ill leave
D
Wont take nothing but a memory
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
A
Daddy gave life to mamas dream
D
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
D
This brokenness inside me might start healing
G
Out here its like Im someone else
G
I thought that maybe I could find myself
G
If I could just come in I swear Ill leave
D
Won’t take nothing but a memory
D
From the house that built me
D
You leave home and you move on and you do the best you can
A
I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am
D
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
D
This brokenness inside me might start healing
G
Out here its like Im someone else
G
I thought that maybe I could find myself
G
If I could walk around I swear Ill leave
D
Wont take nothing but a memory
D
Legend:
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| x Mute note
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Published: November 30, -0001
Last Updated: February 8, 2026