Intro
Bb-C
Bb-C

BbI (x1333x@1)remember the pain in my mother's eyes
Bb (x1333x@1)                                  Dm (xx0231@1)    CI (x32010@1)remember the pain of her compromise years ago
BbI (x1333x@1)always wanted to help to make it go away
Bb (x1333x@1)                                             Dm (xx0231@1)CI (x32010@1)didn't know it was her freedom that she needed so
Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)     GmAnd (355333@1)she said to me, she said to me

Chorus
FHe (133211@1)hitch-hiked to Maine
F (133211@1)                   BbWe (x1333x@1)went cross-country
                      BbI (x1333x@1)had to leave my home
                      DmI (xx0231@1)had to raise a family 
                   C (x32010@1)                 DmWe (xx0231@1)did the best we could being so young
                    CWe (x32010@1)tried to hard to build a happy home

BbI (x1333x@1)never knew what to say to anybody
Bb (x1333x@1)                                    Dm (xx0231@1)  C (x32010@1)      
I didn't know what to do, I was far too young
BbBut (x1333x@1)everybody could feel the suffocation
Bb (x1333x@1)                             Dm (xx0231@1) CUnderneath (x32010@1)for facade of a happy home
Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)     GmAnd (355333@1)she said to me, she said to me

Chorus
FHe (133211@1)hitch-hiked to Maine
F (133211@1)                   BbWe (x1333x@1)went cross-country
                      BbI (x1333x@1)had to leave my home
                      DmI (xx0231@1)had to raise a family 
                   C (x32010@1)                 DmWe (xx0231@1)did the best we could being so young
                    CWe (x32010@1)tried to hard to build a happy, build a happy, build a happy
Bb (x1333x@1)               CHome (x32010@1)sweet freedom flowing in my eyes
Bb (x1333x@1)               CHome (x32010@1)sweet freedom flowing in my mind

Instrumental
F-Bb
F-Bb-Dm

Bridge
                   C (x32010@1)                  DmWe (xx0231@1)did the best we could being so young
                   CWe (x32010@1)tried so hard to build a happy home

BbSacrificed (x1333x@1)her dreams to motherhood
Bb (x1333x@1)                                Dm (xx0231@1) CWaiting (x32010@1)and waiting to be understood fully
BbSacrificed (x1333x@1)her years to the family
Bb (x1333x@1)                             Dm (xx0231@1)  CWaiting (x32010@1)and waiting to be heard finally
Bb (x1333x@1)            C (x32010@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)     GmAnd (355333@1)she said to me, she said to me

Chorus
FHe (133211@1)hitch-hiked to Maine
F (133211@1)                   BbWe (x1333x@1)went cross-country
                      BbI (x1333x@1)had to leave my home
                      DmI (xx0231@1)had to raise a family 
                    C (x32010@1)                DmWe (xx0231@1)did the best we could being so young
                    CWe (x32010@1)tried to hard to build a happy home
FHe (133211@1)hitch-hiked to Maine
F (133211@1)                   BbWe (x1333x@1)went cross-country
                      BbI (x1333x@1)had to leave my home
                      DmI (xx0231@1)had to raise a family 
                    C (x32010@1)                DmWe (xx0231@1)did the best we could being so young
                    CWe (x32010@1)tried to hard to build a happy, build a happy, build a happy

Coda
F (133211@1)                 F- Bb-F-Bb-F-Bb-F-Bb
Home sweet freedom
              BbBuild (x1333x@1)a happy home