CAPO 4TH FRET
Intro:
C5 - G5 - D5 - E5
C5 - G5 - D5 - D5 - D5 (quickly change with D's)
Verse 1:
C5 G5 D5 E5
Fifth floor, she's up in her dorm
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
Studying for her mid-term
C5 G5 D5 E5
She's had one of those weeks
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
Where the world it seems is against her
Pre Chorus:
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
Right on cue a picture pops up, on her laptop
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
She can't pick her cell phone up fast enough
Chorus:
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
Sometimes you just need a little home
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
Some "hey mum and dad what's going on?
C5 G5 D5 E5 D5
I'm just checkin' in, no there ain't nothing wrong"
C5 D5
Sometimes, you just need a little home.
C5 - G5 - D5 - D5 - D5
mmm....
Verse 2:
C5 G5 D5 E5
He's tired, sits down in the sand
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
Shoe box in his hand, half a world away
C5 G5 D5 E5
And he smiles, when he sees who it's from
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
He lays down his gun, no he can't wait
Pre Chorus:
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
With cards and letters and something sweet he takes a bite and reads
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
How everybody sends their love he tears up!
Chorus:
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
Sometimes you just need a little home
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
A little let you know you're not alone
C5 G5 D5 E5 D5
To carry in your heart and keep your spirit strong
C5 D5 C5
Sometimes you just need a little home
Bridge:
G5 D5 E5 D5
(Sometimes) I like to drive back through that little town
C5 G5 D5 E5 D5
(Sometimes) And get my feet back on, get my feet back on the ground
[little solo]
[or just C5 - G5 - D5 - E5
C5 - G5 - D5 - D5 - D5 ]
Last Chorus:
C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
Sometimes you just need a little home
C5 G5 D5 E5 D5
A little "hey you've been gone way too long, yeah way too long!"
C5 G5 D5 E5 D5
No matter how grown up you get, or no matter how far you roam
C5 D5 [pause] C5 G5 D5 D5 D5
Sometimes, you just need _ _ _ _ _ _ _a little home
C5 G5 D5 G5
"Hey mum and dad, whats going on?"
end on G (it sounds lovely with a pause after the D!!)