Halfway House Chords
by Rosanne Cash
Halfway House by Rosanne Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C#m, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E C#m
Summer was a killer
E C#m
Between our heart and minds
E C#m
Everyday a drama
A B
Dragging in quarter time
E C#m
Summer it was over
E C#m
I couldn't see it thru
E C#m
Trying not to lose my mind
A B
While I was leaving you
C#m A
Our friends are in the halfway house
C#m A
Your still on the mend
C#m A
Dont know if I've changed at all
B
But I'm in love with you again
C#m A
We're all in the halfway house
C#m A
So it sometimes seems
C#m A
Trying to find the truth inside
B E C#m E C#m
Instead of getting by on dreams
E C#m
Summer we were blinded
E C#m
Thought it couldn't last
E C#m
Crying about the future
A B
Fighting about the past
E C#m
Summer was no bargin
E C#m
Look at us today
E C#m A B
Running from the memomry of the price we had to pay
C#m A
Our friends are in the halfway house
C#m A
Your still on the mend
C#m A
Dont know if I've changed at all
B
But I'm in love with you again
C#m A
We're all in the halfway house
C#m A
So it sometimes seems
C#m A
Trying to find the truth inside
B
Instead of getting by on dreams
SOLO
C#m A
We're all in the halfway house
C#m A
So it sometimes seems
C#m A
Trying to find the truth inside
B
Instead of getting by on dreams
C#m A
We're all in the halfway house
C#m A
Guess I always knew
C#m A
You could give up on yourself
B E C#m E
But I could not give up on you
C#m A
Living in the halfway house
C#m A
Living in the halfway house
C#m A E
Living in the halfway house
From Roseanne Cash "Rhythm & Romance"
Columbia Records 1985