The House That Built Me

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[Verse 1]
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I know they say you can't go home 
again.
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I just had to come back one last 
time.
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Ma'am I know you don't know me from 
Adam.
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But these hand prints on the front
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 steps are mine.

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Up those stairs, in that little back
 bedroom
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Is where I did my homework and I 
learned to play guitar.
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And I bet you didn't know, under 
that live oak
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My favorite dog is buried in the 
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yard.


[Chorus]
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I thought if I could touch this 
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place or feel it
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This brokenness inside me might 
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start healing.
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Out here it's like I'm someone else,
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I thought that maybe I could find 
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myself
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If I could just come in I swear 
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I'll leave.
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Won't take nothing but a memory
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From the house that built me.


[Verse 2]
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Mama cut out pictures of houses for 
years.
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From 'Better Homes and Garden' 
magazines.
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Plans were drawn, and concrete 
poured,
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And nail by nail and board by board
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Daddy gave life to mama's dream.


[Chorus]
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I thought if I could touch this 
place or feel it
       Em                      
This brokenness inside me might 
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start healing.
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Out here it's like I'm someone else,
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I thought that maybe I could find 
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myself.
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If I could just come in I swear 
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I'll leave.
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Won't take nothing but a memory
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From the house that built me.


[Bridge]
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You leave home, you move on and 
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you do the best you can.
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I got lost in this old world and 
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forgot who I am.


[Chorus]
G                             
I thought if I could touch this 
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place or feel it
     Em                        
This brokenness inside me might 
       D
start healing.
G
Out here it's like I'm someone else,
   Bm                            
I thought that maybe I could find 
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myself.
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If I could walk around I swear I'll
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 leave.
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Won't take nothing but a memory
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From the house that, built me.