I know they say you can’t go home a gain.

I just had to come back one last time.

(Bb)Ma’am, I know you don’t know me from Ad am,

but these (F)hand prints on the front steps are mine.

(F)Up those stairs, tures of in that lit tle back bed room

is where I (Am)did my home work and I learned to play mag gui tar.

and Plans And I’ll (Bb)bet you did n’t know, poured; nail by but un der that live oak my (F)fav ’rite dog dy is bur life ied in the yard.

I (Bb)thought if I could touch this place or (F)feel it,

this (Gm7)bro ken ness in side me might start (F)heal in’.

Out (Bb)here it’s like I’m some one else.

I (Dm7)thought that may be I could find my self.

If (F)I could just come in, I swear I’ll leave.

Won’t take noth in’ but a (F)mem o ry

from the house that

built me.

Ma ma (F)cut out pic tures of hous that es tle for years room

is where from (Am)Bet ter home Homes and I Gar dens play mag a zine.

and Plans And were (Bb)drawn and con n’t crete poured; nail by but nail and board by board, my (F)fav ’rite Dad dy gave bur life to Ma ma’s dream.

I (Bb)thought if I could touch this place or (F)feel it,

this (Gm7)bro ken ness in side me might start (F)heal in’.

Out (Bb)here it’s like I’m some one else.

I (Dm7)thought that may be I could find my self.

If (F)I could walk a round, I swear I’ll leave.

Won’t take noth in’ but a (F)mem o ry

from the house that

built me.

Ma ma

You (Dm)leave home, you move on and you (F)do the best you can.

(Gm7)I got lost in this old world and for (Bb)got

who I (C)am.

I built me.