This is the chords of The House That Built Me by Boyce Avenue on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Intro]
D D
D A
G D
D A
D D
[Verse 1]
D
I know they 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.
D A
But these hand prints on the front steps are mine.
D
Up those stairs, in that little back bedroom
F#m
Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar.
G
And I bet you didn’t know, under that live oak
D A
My favorite dog is buried in the yard.
[Chorus]
G D
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
Em D
This brokenness inside me might start healing.
D
Out here it’s like I’m someone else,
Bm G
I thought that maybe I could find myself
D G
If I could just come in I swear I’ll leave.
D
Won’t take nothing but a memory
A D
From the house that built me.
[Verse 2]
D
Mama cut out pictures of houses for years.
F#m
From ‘Better Homes and Garden’ magazines.
G
Plans were drawn, and concrete poured,
G
And nail by nail and board by board
D A
Daddy gave life to mama’s dream.
[Chorus]
G
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
Em D
This brokenness inside me might start healing.
G
Out here it’s like I’m someone else,
Bm G
I thought that maybe I could find myself.
D G
If I could just come in I swear I’ll leave.
D
Won’t take nothing but a memory
A D
From the house that built me.
[Bridge]
Bm D
You leave home, you move on and you do the best you can.
Em G A
I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am.
[Chorus]
G D
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
Em D
This brokenness inside me might start healing.
G
Out here it’s like I’m someone else,
Bm G
I thought that maybe I could find myself.
D G
If I could walk around I swear I’ll leave.
D
Won’t take nothing but a memory
A D
From the house that, built me.
[Outro]
D Em A D
