Chord/Tab song: Happy Home

Intro
[Bb-C]
[Bb-C]
[Bb]I remember the pain in my mother's eyes
[Bb]I remember the pain of her compromise [Dm]years ag[C]o
[Bb]I always wanted to help to make it go away
[Bb]I didn't know it was her freedom that she needed [Dm]so[C]
[Bb]And she said to [C]me, sh[Bb]e said to[Gm] me

Chorus
[F]He hitch-hiked to Maine
[F]We went cross-country[Bb]
I had to leave my home[Bb]
I had to raise a famil[Dm]y
We did the best we [C]could being so young[Dm]
We tried to hard to [C]build a happy home

[Bb]I never knew what to say to anybody
[Bb]I didn't know what to do, I was far too [Dm]young[C]
[Bb]But everybody could feel the suffocation
[Bb]Underneath for facade of a happy [Dm]home[C]
[Bb]And she said to [C]me, sh[Bb]e said to[Gm] me

Chorus
[F]He hitch-hiked to Maine
[F]We went cross-country[Bb]
I had to leave my home[Bb]
I had to raise a famil[Dm]y
We did the best we [C]could being so young[Dm]
We tried to hard to [C]build a happy, build a happy, build a happy
[Bb]Home sweet freedom [C]flowing in my eyes
[Bb]Home sweet freedom [C]flowing in my mind

Instrumental
[F-Bb]
[F-Bb-Dm]
Bridge
We did the best we [C]could being so young[Dm]
We tried so hard to[C] build a happy home

[Bb]Sacrificed her dreams to motherhood
[Bb]Waiting and waiting to be understood[Dm] full[C]y
[Bb]Sacrificed her years to the family
[Bb]Waiting and waiting to be heard f[Dm]inally[C]
[Bb]And she said to [C]me, sh[Bb]e said to[Gm] me

Chorus
[F]He hitch-hiked to Maine
[F]We went cross-country[Bb]
I had to leave my home[Bb]
I had to raise a famil[Dm]y
We did the best we c[C]ould being so young[Dm]
We tried to hard to [C]build a happy home
[F]He hitch-hiked to Maine
[F]We went cross-country[Bb]
I had to leave my home[Bb]
I had to raise a famil[Dm]y
We did the best we c[C]ould being so young[Dm]
We tried to hard to [C]build a happy, build a happy, build a happy

Coda


F F- Bb-F-Bb-F-Bb-F-Bb

Home sweet freedom
Build a happy [Bb]home?