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You are my home

Billy Joel

RockMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
BDiagram coming soon
Fsus4Diagram coming soon
F
G○○○
Dm7Diagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
E○○○
Am×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 5th fret
              th fret 
  
INTRO:  C  C/B  Fsus4  F   C   C/B   Fsus4   G 
  
  
C         C/B          C7sus4 
When you look into my eyes 
  
        F             Dm7         G 
And you see the crazy gypsy in my soul 
  
C         C/B           C7sus4 
It always comes as a surprise 
  
       F                Dm7            G 
When I feel my withered roots begin to grow. 
  
  
       Em7         Em7                F       F/E  Dm7 
Well I never had a place that I could call my very own 
  
    F                  G                      C   C/B   Fsus4   G 
But that's alright, my love, 'cause you're my home. 
  
  
C        C/B            C7sus4 
When you touch my weary head 
  
        F            Dm7             G 
And you tell me everything will be alright 
  
          C      C/B           C7sus4 
You say, "Use my body for your bed. 
  
       F                  Dm7                 G 
And my love will keep you warm throughout the night." 
  
  
       Em7        Em7               F     F/E Dm7 
Well I never be a stranger and I'll never be  alone 
  
    F            G                 C      C  C/B 
Wherever we're together, that's my home. 
  
  
Am              G            C         C  C/B 
Home can be the Pennsylvania Turnpike, 
  
  
  
Am        G             F 
Indiana's early morning dew, oh! 
  
Am             G            C       C  C/B 
High up in the hills of California, 
  
Am            G               F 
Home is just another word for you. 
  
  
  
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       Em7         Em7                F       F/E  Dm7 
Well I never had a place that I could call my very own. 
  
    F                  G                      C   C/B   Fsus4   G 
But that's alright, my love, 'cause you're my home. 
  
  
C        C/B           C7sus4 
And if I travel all my life 
  
      F            Dm7             G 
And I never get to stop and settle down 
  
C         C/B            C7sus4 
Long as I have you by my side, oh 
  
        F                 Dm7              G 
There's room for love and good wars(?) all around. 
  
  
          Em7               Em7           F       F/E      Dm7 
You're my castle, you're my cabin, and my instant pleasure dome. 
  
  F              G                       C   C/B   Fsus4   G 
I need you in my house, 'cause you're my home. 
  
          C  C/B  Fsus4  G  C  C/B  Fsus4  G  C  C/B  Fsus4  G 
You're my ho - me.

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Chord set

C · B · Fsus4 · F · G · Dm7 · Em7 · E · Am

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.