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Leaving Home

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1/41

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 41Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Main picking pattern]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------3-----------------------------------3----------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0---------0--------0--------0---------0---------0-----|
D|--------4----------------4-----------------4-------------------4-----------|
A|----------------------------------3----------3--------3--------------------|
E|---3-------3------3----3---------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------0h2----------------------------|
B|----------------3--------------------------------3-------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0---------0----------0---------0----------------------|
D|--------4----------------4------------0h2----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------3--------3------------------------------|
E|---0-------0------0-----0----------------------------------3---------------|
h = hammer on
[Verse 1]
GI've lived a thousand places
Cadd9I've looked for life in spaces
EmAnd empty rooms are all I've Cadd9found
GThe world laid out before me
Cadd9With everything I don't need
EmJust when I thought I had no Dplace to be
[Chorus]
AmHome is like an island and I'm at Dsea
GTry to pull it out but it's pulliCadd9n' me
AmI could sail as far as the eye can sDee
GLook behind and that island looks back at Cadd9me
AmNo matter Ghow far I gDo, I can't leave my hoGme
[Verse 2]
GI spend my whole life chasin'
Cadd9But nothing's new and I'm tracin'
EmTracin' the lines right through the pCadd9age
GYet I continue fighting
Am7My pride is not surviving
G/BJust when I thought that no one cCadd9ould save me
[Chorus]
AmHome is like an island and I'm at Dsea
GTry to pull it out but it's pulliCadd9n' me
AmI could sail as far as the eye can sDee
GLook behind and that island looks back at Cadd9me
AmNo matter Ghow far I gDo, I can't leave my hoAmmeG/B  C  
[Bridge]
AmLeave my hG/BomeC  
I can't leave my AmhomG/BeC  
My homAme, my G/Bhome, my hCadd9ome
[Chorus]
AmHome is like an island and I'm at Dsea
GTry to pull it out but it's pulliCadd9n' me
AmI could sail as far as the eye can sDee
GLook behind and that island looks back aCadd9t me
Oh 'cause, Amno matter hoGw far I go D(no matter how far I go)
AmNo, no matter Ghow far I Dgo (far I go)
AmOh, no matter Ghow far I Dgo
I can't leave my GhomeC  
Can't leave Emmy home, CohG  

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Leaving Home

by Cody Fry

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Am7

G/B

[Main picking pattern]

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|----------------3-----------------------------------3----------------------|

G|-----0-------0-------0---------0--------0--------0---------0---------0-----|

D|--------4----------------4-----------------4-------------------4-----------|

A|----------------------------------3----------3--------3--------------------|

E|---3-------3------3----3---------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------0h2----------------------------|

B|----------------3--------------------------------3-------------------------|

G|-----0-------0-------0---------0----------0---------0----------------------|

D|--------4----------------4------------0h2----------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------3--------3------------------------------|

E|---0-------0------0-----0----------------------------------3---------------|

h = hammer on

[Verse 1]

I've lived a thousand places

Cadd9

I've looked for life in spaces

Em Cadd9

And empty rooms are all I've found

The world laid out before me

Cadd9

With everything I don't need

Em D

Just when I thought I had no place to be

[Chorus]

Am D

Home is like an island and I'm at sea

G Cadd9

Try to pull it out but it's pullin' me

Am D

I could sail as far as the eye can see

G Cadd9

Look behind and that island looks back at me

Am G D G

No matter how far I go, I can't leave my home

[Verse 2]

I spend my whole life chasin'

Cadd9

But nothing's new and I'm tracin'

Em Cadd9

Tracin' the lines right through the page

Yet I continue fighting

Am7

My pride is not surviving

G/B Cadd9

Just when I thought that no one could save me

[Chorus]

Am D

Home is like an island and I'm at sea

G Cadd9

Try to pull it out but it's pullin' me

Am D

I could sail as far as the eye can see

G Cadd9

Look behind and that island looks back at me

Am G D Am G/B C

No matter how far I go, I can't leave my home

[Bridge]

Am G/B C

Leave my home

Am G/B C

I can't leave my home

Am G/B Cadd9

My home, my home, my home

[Chorus]

Am D

Home is like an island and I'm at sea

G Cadd9

Try to pull it out but it's pullin' me

Am D

I could sail as far as the eye can see

G Cadd9

Look behind and that island looks back at me

Am G D

Oh 'cause, no matter how far I go (no matter how far I go)

Am G D

No, no matter how far I go (far I go)

Am G D

Oh, no matter how far I go

G C

I can't leave my home

Em C G

Can't leave my home, oh

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