C                 F              C
a house is a home even when it's dark
Am                         G            C
even when the grass is overgrown in the yard
C                        F      C
even when the dog is too old to bark
                Am                   G             F
and when you're sitting at the table trying not to starve


[Chorus]

  G          C
a house is a home
     F                 C
even when we've up and gone
     F                 C
even when you're there alone
  G   F    G   F       C
a house, a house, is a home


[Verse 2]

C                 F                 C
a house is a home even when there's ghosts
     Am                          G                 C
even when you gotta run from the ones who love you most
                             F                C
screen door's broken paint's peeling from the wood
Am                             G         F
locals whisper when they gonna leave the neighborhood


[Chorus]

  G          C
a house is a home
     F                 C
even when we've up and gone
     F                 C
even when you're there alone
  G   F    G   F       C
a house, a house, is a home


[Instrumental]

C F C Am G C


[Verse 3]

C                           F                C
a house is a home where the chores are never done
Am                              G              C
where you spend your whole life running to and from
                                 F                C
and if the life that you live is not the life you choose
Am                          G     F
make your child a home and start anew


[Chorus]

  G          C
a house is a home
     F                 C
even when we've up and gone
     F                 C
even when you're there alone
  G   F    G   F    G   F       C
a house, a house, a house, is a home