Bricks Make Houses chords by Naomi Johnson

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

G    G    Em7   Em7 D/F# G
C  G/B  D  D


Verse:
Em                       D/F#     G
  We drove through that heart of town
           C              G
Where the trees are in a row
             D
And all the porches wrap around

Em                 D/F#      G
  Just to see the lights at Christmas
         C             G/B
And I'd whisper to my sister
           D
What's it like to live like this

Pre-Chorus:
        Am7
We went home to beans and rice
            G/B
Around the table hours passed
        C
But we said our prayers goodnight
     D
And fell asleep fast


Chorus:
         G
We were barely getting by
          Bm
But we forgot most of the time
            Em             D             C
We weren't broken we were just a little broke

            G
And I feel rich now looking back
            Bm
Because of whom not what we had
         Em                   D                  C
All the love they built with stacks of pain and stone

 Am          G/B   C
Bricks make houseeees
 D           Em   D/F#  G
People make homes


Instrumental:
C  G/B  D   D


Verse:
Em                   D/F#       G
  We shared beds and we shared shoes
C                 G              D
Our parents were Nomads we were always on the move
Em                               G
But my God I've always made the rent
     C                 G/B
But damn we sure made memories
 D
Every where we went


Pre-Chorus:
             Am
With pencil markings on the wall
           Bm
And mother may I down the hall
     C
Each other's all we had
               D
And 'cause of that we had it all


Chorus:
         G
We were barely getting by
          Bm
But we forgot most of the time
            Em             D             C
We weren't broken we were just a little broke

            G
And I feel rich now looking back
            Bm
Because of whom not what we had
         Em                   D                  C
All the love they built with stacks of pain and stone

     Am          G    C
And bricks make houseeees
 D           Em
People make homes


Instrumental:
Em    D    Bm    C


Break:
     Em
All houses have two stories
     D
But don't always align
    Bm
The way they look out front
           C
Or what's going on inside


Chorus:
         G
We were barely getting by
          Bm
But we forgot most of the time
            Em             D             C
We weren't broken we were just a little broke

            G
And I feel rich now looking back
            Bm
Because of whom not what we had
         Em                   D                  C
All the love they built with stacks of pain and stone

      Am          G    C
Yeah bricks make houseeees
 D           Em     G
People make homes


Instrumental:
C  G     D         G
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