Home — Sara Bareilles
Chords and lyrics for Home by Sara Bareilles (key of G).
Intro
[G] [Em] [G/B] [C]
[G] [Em] [G] [C]
Verse
I am [G]one day older than [Em]my father [G/B]was[C]
Than he [G]ever got to [Em][G/B]be[D]
I was [G]10 years old when [Em]I grew [G/B]uuuup[C]
'Cause he [G]died at [Em]fifty [Am][G/B]three[C]
I [G]stared across [C]the great [G/B]divide[C]
And my [G]mother who was [Am][G/B]left[C]
The [G]dinner table [Em]stretched oceans [G/B]wide[C]
Like the [G]hollow in our [Am][G/B]chests[C]
[D] I never [Em]asked hard [C]questions
[D] thought they'd [Em]cause [C]more pain
[D] I hadn't [Em]yet learned [C]life's holiest [G/B]lesson
"That what is [Am7]broken cannot heal until it's [D]known
N.C.
And loved by name"
Chorus
[G] So tell [C]me your story
[G]I'll tell you [C]mine
[G] You don't need to [C]worry
[G/B]Everything's [C]already [G]alright
You'll be the [Em][G]universe, nothing [C]to hide
[Am]Anywhere you ever need to [D]go
I can carry us [G][C][G/B][C]hooooooooooome
[G] [C] [G/B] [C]
Verse
I was [G]taught to bury [Em]with the [G/B]dea-ead[C]
The [G]presence of my [Em][G/B]grie-ief[C]
I [G]see it now, but [Em]didn't [G/B]then[C]
That [G]silence [Em]is a [G/B]thief[C]
[D] It made [Em]strangers out of [C]friends
[D] Robbed me of [Em]saving graces [C]offered in unlikely places
I [D]thought I could [Em]outrun it in the [C]end
When a [Am7]shattered heart is desperate
The [Am]only [D]respite
N.C.
Is to let somebody in
Chorus
[G] Tell me [C]your story
[G]I'll tell you [C]mine
[G] You don't need to [C]worry
[G/B]Everything's [C]already [G]alright
You'll be the [C]universe, [G/B]nothing to [C]hide
[Am]Anywhere you ever need to [D]go
I can carry us [G][C][G/B][C][G][C][G/B]hoooooooooooooooooooooome
[C]I can carry us [G][C][G/B]hoooooooome
[C]I can carry us [G][C][G/B]hoooome[C]
Outro
When I [G]speak his name, my [C]voice gives [G/B]out[C]
Even [G]after all these [G/B]years[C]
But I [G]want my son to know me [G/B]now[C]
So my [G]son will see [C]my tears[G]
[G]My son will see my tears
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