The House Weve Been Calling Home Chords

KeyE Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays510

The House Weve Been Calling Home by David Allan Coe is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords E, A, B and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E                                                 A                    E 
Jessie she stares like a cat with a bird that has fallen and broke its wing 
E                                              A                        B 
Terri she puts on her make-up and wonders what promise the new day will bring 
A      B                   E            A       B            E 
Debbie stays home with the baby while I work my hands to the bone 
     A               E           C#          A                B       E 
Yeah I make a living they do the giving in a house we've been calling home 

       A                B         E              A                B           E 
Just a house we've been trying to live in just a place we've been calling our own 
A         B               E            C#         A                B       E 
Me and my wives have been spending our lives in a house we've been calling home 

E                                                 A                           E 
Jessie's the youngest she always needs answers to questions that I just don't know 
E                                      A                             B 
Terri she can't sit still for a moment she's always in some hurry to go 
A             B           E          A                 B           E 
Debbie's been with me the longest we spend most of our time on the phone 
A          E              C#                       A                B       E 
Talking in rhymes with no reasons in mind for this house we've been calling home 

       A                B         E              A                B           E 
Just a house we've been trying to live in just a place we've been calling our own 
A         B               E            C#         A                B       E 
Me and my wives have been spending our lives in a house we've been calling home 
    	

Chord diagrams

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