Home Chords
Home by Paradise Fears is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
Can you feel this, the walls are closing,
Am
slipping further from the hand we're holding,
G F
feel the footsteps inching closer -- still so far away.
C
It's 2 am, but I can't sleep,
Am
I'm running circles in my head around a restless dream,
G
I know I'm not the person that I used to be but
F G
I still can't shake this, no I can't take this.
C Am G F
You said, you said, "are you finding me right where you're supposed to be?"
C Am G F
But I said, I said, I'm so scared to want this knowing all that I want is
C G
Home Why am I everywhere but home?
Am F G
Why do I feel so alone when everybody's screaming out my name?
C G
I just wanna go home, pack my bags and hit the road,
Am F G
knowing all I need to find is the life I left behind,
I just wanna go
C
Home is where they say the heart is,
Am
but mine can't figure out just where we started,
G F
so caught between chasing this dream and watching what I left fall apart and
C
My mom, I swear she's every face I see,
Am
My dad, when I'm gone, oh he can't sleep.
G
They tell me that the world is waiting for me
F
but I hate watching my brother growing up without me.
C Am G F
You said, you said, "are you finding me right where you're supposed to be?"
C Am G F
But I said, I said, I'm begging on my knees, please god just take me
C G
Home Why am I everywhere but home?
Am F G
Why do I feel so alone when everybody's screaming out my name?
C G
I just wanna go home, pack my bags and hit the road,
Am F G
knowing all I need to find is the life I left behind,
I just wanna go
C Am F
When the miles are getting longer, streets are getting darker,
G
you've got nowhere to turn, and the walls are closing
Am C
in on you and everyone you love, feels like there's no one left to trust,
F G Am
I just need something to believe, so please god just take me home
F
Just take me home
Just take me
C G
Home Why am I everywhere but home?
Am F G
Why do I feel so alone when everybody's screaming out my name?
C G
I just wanna go home, pack my bags and hit the road,
Am F G
knowing all I need to find is the life I left behind,
C G
I just wanna go home