Intro Am D C D G Verse 1 G Am G The house down the road, all gilded and old C G D Doe-eyed through the years I watched glad families come and go G Am G But never as glad as mine, or the home that we’d grown C G D G Until now I’d never longed for that house down the road Verse 2 G Am G As I faced the disappointment of my dug up kitchen floor C G D I surrendered to a silence that I could not hear before G Am G Of a love that had come and gone, decomposed so long ago C G D G I was met with the helplessness of being only 12 years old Chorus C G C The crack in my mother’s voice when he said he would not stay Am D fed down into her tired heart, she did not want him to go away C G C The weight of the many tears she shed nearly woke me from my bad dream Am D C G and I broke when I realized I was yet to fall asleep. Interlude (Verse Chords) G Am G C G D G Am G C G D G Chorus C G C The crack in my mother’s voice when he said he would not stay Am D fed down into her tired heart, she did not want him to go away C G C The weight of the many tears she shed nearly woke me from my bad dream Am D C G and I broke when I realized I was yet to fall asleep. Am D C G and I broke when I realized I was yet to fall asleep.
