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Home For The Holidays

Carpenters

RockMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

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

G7○○○
C×○○
F
Dm××○
D7××○
C7×○
Am×○○
G○○○
A7×○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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        G7      C              F              C 
Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays  
G7      C      Dm     F              G7 
Cause no matter how far away your roam  
        G7      C              F              C 
If you long for the sunshine and a friendly gaze  
D7      G7     Dm     G7     Dm     G7     C      C7 
For the holidays you can't beat home sweet home  
 
        F 
I met a man who lived in Tennessee  
Dm      G7     C 
And he was looking for  
G7              Dm             G7     C      Am     C7 
Pennsylvania and some homemade pumpkin pie  
        F 
From Pennsylvania folks are traveling  
                Dm      G7     C 
Down to Dixie's sunny shore  
        G       Am     D7 
From Atlantic to Pacific  
        G7      Dm 
Gee the traffic is terrific  
 
        G7      C              F              C 
Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays  
G7      C      Dm     F              G7 
Cause no matter how far away your roam  
        G7      C              F              C 
If you want to be happy in a million ways  
D7      G7     Dm     G7     Dm     G7     C      A7 
For the holidays you can't beat home sweet home 
D7      G7     C              Dm             F G7  C 
For the holidays you can't beat home sweet home

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Chord set

G7 · C · F · Dm · D7 · C7 · Am · G · A7

Practice tip

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