Key: C 🎸 Intro: Em C G D G C G Em 🎸 Verse : Em C G I know better than to cuss in my mama's house Em E D So more than not I just shut my mouth Em C G She hasn't lived here in a year or more Em D G But I still stand a little straighter when I walk in the door Em C G There's a fresh coat of paint on the kitchen wall Em C D How it looked before I scare recall Em C G Somewhere beneath there's a pencil line Em D G Shows how tall I stood the day I turned nine
🎸 Chorus: C G I can't unsee what I've been shown C D My body's been and my mind is lone G Em And I never was ready for the things I know C D G I can find the house, but I can't get home 🎸 Instrumental: Em C G Em C D Em C G Em D G Em C G I did my first tour in '94 Em C D I was following the dead I didn't fight no war Em C G And everywhere I went all the locals stared Em D G And it felt good feeling like a stranger there 🎸 Chorus: C G I can't unsee what I've been shown C D My body's been and my mind is lone G Em And I never was ready for the things I know C G D G I can find the house, but I can't get home 🎸 Instrumental: C G C D G Em C D G Em Em C G Dogwood's blooming like they always did Em C D And the roof still leaks on the garden shed Em C G And the sign in the yard says it's all been sold Em D G But I gave it away a long time ago 🎸 Chorus: C G I can't unsee what I've been shown C D My body's been and my mind is lone G Em And I never was ready for the things I know C G D G I can find the house, but I can't get home C G D G I can walk in the door, but I can't get home C G D G I can sleep in the bed, but I can't get home
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