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Home Is Where The Heart Is by Leaving Cardboard Houses




     Home Is Where The Heart Is





[Instrumental]
Gm Eb F D
 
[Verse 01]
        Gm
I'm surrounded by teens, after one dream,
     Eb
That American one, 'bout accumulating 
F
Fame, success, and a whole lot of money,
     D
Then buying a house and raising a family
 
Gm
First come good grades every school year
Eb
Followed by college then a career
F
Climb up the ladder, try to volunteer 
    D
And when it's all finished retire?
 
      Gm
We're taking our lives and stepping inside of a box
Eb
An ordinary cardboard one of paradox
F
Where everything that we're doing is orthodox
D
Even though we're told to dream; think outside the box
 
Gm
Inside this box we decide to hang out
Eb
Make ourselves comfortable, make it a house
F
Cut out some windows and maybe a door
    D
And long for dreams we aren't chasing anymore
 
[Chorus 01]
Gm Eb
Home is where the heart is
F
This heart is yours 
D
this heart is yours
Gm Eb
Home is where the heart is
F
This heart is yours
D
This heart is yours              
 
I'm home when I'm...
 
[Chorus 02]
Gm               Eb             F         D
with you-oh-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh-oh, woah oh oh oh oh 
 
I'm home when I'm...
Gm               Eb             F         D
with you-oh-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, woah oh oh oh-oh 
 
[Instrumental]
Gm Eb F D
 
[Verse 02]
        Gm
(So if) home's where the heart is, why trap ourselves
Eb
Inside this box of complacency; in this cell? 
F
If our hearts long for meaning far beyond this shell
D
Why haven't we broken out and said our farewell?
 
Gm
Maybe we're scared of changing course
Eb
Change'll be scary if we need control
F
Cause change means that we step out into the unknown
D
Where nothing's certain and sometimes you'll follow
 
Gm
Someone or something outside of yourself
Eb
Surrender control, give it to someone else
    F
But if holding tight to control means stay here 
       D
You're already handing the reigns to your fear 
 
Gm
Leave comfort zones, tear down your cardboard walls
Eb
Fear is a vice, it's the opposite of love
F
And if God is love then He cannot be fear
     D
So I give Him my life, and I look in the mirror
 
      Gm
And I find out I'm loved, 
      Eb
And I find out I'm known,
      F
And I find out that when I give Him all of my heart and I 
D
learn to have faith that then I'm truly home
 
[Bridge]
Bb     F                   C
Let's leave these cardboard houses
Bb          F                C
We've been building them so long
Bb         F                 C
Let's leap into the great unknown
                      Bb          F           C
Cause when I'm with you I'm home
                      Bb          F           C    D
Cause when I'm with you I'm home
 
I'm home when I'm...
 
[Chorus 02]
Gm               Eb             F         D
with you-oh-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh-oh, woah oh oh oh oh 
Gm                Eb             F          D
woah-oh-oh-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, woah oh oh oh-oh     
 
[Chorus 01]
Gm Eb
Home is where the heart is
F
This heart is yours 
D
this heart is yours
Gm Eb            F
Ho-woah-oh-oh-oh-ome is where the heart is
     D
This heart is yours             






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