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 (Csus)mine.

Up those stairs (F)cut out pic tures of in that lit tle back bed room

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

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

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

this (Gm7)brok en ness in side me might start (F)heal in’.

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

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

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

Won’t take noth in’ but a (F)mem o ry

from the (C)house that

built (F)me.

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

is where from (Am)Bet my ter Homes and and Gar den mag a zine.

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

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

this (Gm7)brok en ness in side me might start (F)heal in’.

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

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

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

Won’t take noth in’ but a (F)mem o ry

from the (C)house that

built (F)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 (C)house that

built (Bb)me.