{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2495280,"song":"Home Away From Home","artist":"The Roches","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508113-home-away-from-home-chords-by-the-roches/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2495280?type=chord","rating":0.02487,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nShe was twenty-six when she came to the 'burbs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the family secrets stop at the curb (stop at the curb)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was nine when she moved next door[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe had married a Republican, he was for the war[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n(He was for the war, he was for the war)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe was mean, he beat her up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll the time preaching that Republican stuff[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHated blacks, he hated Jews[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd knelt down Sunday at Our Lady Of The Blues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLady Of The Blues (Lady Of The Blues)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOver at my house, things were sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause my folks were always fighting, that made me feel bad (me feel bad)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI went to her door with a cookie tin[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI said, \"I am your neighbour, would you let me in?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n(Would you let me in, would you let me in)[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe was big, having a baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe asked me, \"Are you hungry\", I said maybe[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe gave me soup, a piece of toast[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe gave me what I needed the most[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nYeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank you for the love you gave[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo me as a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere must have been so much pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat you never cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn my home_________[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAway from home (away from home)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHome_________[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAway from home (home)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen one day we found a sick bird[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the very same doorstep where I first met her (first met her)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBeing a nurse, well, she took the bird in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFed her with an eyedropper 'til the following spring (following spring)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen the time came to let the bird go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is what she said when I cried 'No'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"If you keep her locked inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHoney, she won't be able to fly\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nYeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThank you for the love you gave[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo me as a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere must have been so much pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat you kept inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn my home_________[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAway from home (home)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHome_________[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAway from home (home)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHome_________[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAway from home (home)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC    Cmaj7 C    Cmaj7 C    Cmaj7\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC    Cmaj7 C    Cmaj7 C    Cmaj7","chords":["C","Cmaj7","F","Dm7","Am","Em","Dm","G7","Em7","G","Fmaj7/C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}