The House That Built Me

Intro.:  |  [D]   |  [D]   |  [D]   [A]  |  [G]   [D]  |  [D]   [A]  |  [D]   |  [D]  ---

I know they  [D] say you can't go home again
 [F#m]  I just had to come back one last time
 [G] Ma'am I know you don't know me from Adam
But these  [D] handprints on the front steps are  [A] mine

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

(Chorus)
I  [G] thought if I could touch this place or  [D] feel it
This  [Em] brokenness inside me might start  [D] healin'
Out  [G] here it's like I'm someone else,
I  [Bm] thought that maybe I could find my- [G] self
If  [D] I could just come in I swear I'll  [G] leave
Won't take nothin' but a  [D] memory from the  [A] house that built  [D]  me

Mama  [D] cut out pictures of houses for years
From  [F#m] "Better Homes and Garden" magazines
Plans were  [G] drawn, concrete poured, and nail by nail and board by board
 [D]  Daddy gave life to mama's dream  [A]

(Chorus)
I  [G] thought if I could touch this place or  [D] feel it
This  [Em] brokenness inside me might start  [D] healin'
Out  [G] here it's like I'm someone else,
I  [Bm] thought that maybe I could find my- [G] self
If  [D] I could just come in I swear I'll  [G] leave
Won't take nothin' but a  [D] memory from the  [A] house that built  [D]  me

You  [Bm] leave home, you move on and you  [D] do the best you can
 [Em] I got lost in this whole world and for- [G] got who I  [A] am

(Chorus)
I  [G] thought if I could touch this place or  [D] feel it
This  [Em] brokenness inside me might start  [D] healin'
Out  [G] here it's like I'm someone else,
I  [Bm] thought that maybe I could find my- [G] self
If  [D] I could just come in I swear I'll  [G] leave
Won't take nothin' but a  [D] memory from the  [A] house that built  [G]  me

Outro.:  |  [D]   |  [Em]   [A]  |  [D]