Barenaked Ladies – Home (Guitar)

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[intro] D D/E G/B G G/B A D [Verse]
    D              D/E                G/B   G        G/B     A          D
Side of the road, I stopped and Picked up the pieces of your car

         D              D/E                G/B   G        G/B     A          G
You were just standing, speechless Knowing you'd never travel far
[Chorus]
    G                     A                            D                D/C
That's what you do when someone's given up on you

        G                       A                     D                D7 
And that's when I knew that I was giving up and giving in

        G                     A                 Em7                  A7                 D
That's when I knew where I was   That's when I knew that I was home
[Verse]
    D              D/E               G/B   G        G/B     A          D
Stuck in the middle of the road For better or worse, we compromise

         D              D/E                G/B   G        G/B     A          G
You may have won my hand, dear But it was the consolation prize
[Chorus]
   G                     A                            D                D/C
That's when I knew that I was running out on you

       G                       A                     D                D7
That's what you do when time is running out and running down

          G                     A             Em7                  A7                 D
That's when I knew where I was That's when I knew that I was home
[Bridge]
     C#m                 A                  G#                       C#m      A  G#                
Where does the heart reside If not where I lay my head? 

 C#m                   A                  G#            C#m        G#             F#       A7   
I could run but I'm petrified And choose this instead Again and again
[Verse]
  D              D/E               G/B   G        G/B     A          D
End of the road I'm running And look back to survey where I'd been

      D              D/E(d st.)                G/B   G        G/B     A          G
Someday I'll write and ask you If you could imagine what I'd seen
[Chorus]
   G                     A                            D                D/C
How could you think that I could turn my back on you?

              G                       A                     D                D7
How did you think this would be turning out? And turning 'round

    G                          A                     Em7               A7          D    D7
What could I do but call you?  What could I do to call this home?

    G                      A                        Em7            A7               D
That's when I knew where I was  That's when I knew that I was home