You Can't Go Home Chords
by Joe Diffie
You Can't Go Home by Joe Diffie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, C#m, B and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: (E) (A) (E) (A)
(E) My name ain't (A) someone they would (E) know (A)
But, (E) I lived here, (A) not that long a(E)go (A)
She (E) told me that she (A) loved this little-framed (E) house (A)
So I (E) saved up some money, (A) and put a payment (E) down
(A) Right over there in that front porch swing
We held hands, and we dreamed a dream or (E) two
That (A) sure looks like the same ol' door
Where I kissed her goodbye, a thousand times before
(E) Please... (A) bring her back to (E) me
Came (C#m) lookin' for a (B) feelin' but the feelin's (A) gone
You can go (F#m) back
But you can't go (E) home
(A) (E) (A)
I (E) wonder if they'd mind, if I (A) wondered around, in(E)side (A)
I'm (E) feelin' kinda low, and it's (A) been such a long, long (E) time (A)
I'd like to (E) get a good look at what (A) our life used to (E) be (A)
But, there's (E) one bedroom, (A) I can't bear to (E) see
(A) Right over there in that front porch swing
We held hands, and we dreamed a dream or (E) two
That (A) sure looks like the same ol' door
Where I kissed her goodbye, a thousand times before
(E) Please... (A) bring her back to (E) me
Came (C#m) lookin' for a (B) feelin' but the feelin's (A) gone
You can go (F#m) back
But you can't go (E) home
(A) Home is (E) where it started
(A) Home is (E) where the heart is
(A) Home is (E) where I lost it
(A) Home, is so hard to find a(E)gain (B)
(A) Right over there in that front porch swing
We held hands, and we dreamed a dream or (E) two
Underneath the moon
That (A) sure looks like the same ol' door
Where I kissed her goodbye, a thousand times before
(E) Please... (A) bring her back to (E) me
Came (C#m) lookin' for a (B) feelin' but the feelin's (A) gone
You can go (F#m) back
But you can't go (E) home (A)
You can go (F#m) back
(B) But you can't go (E) home
(E) (A) (E) (A) (E)