[Intro]
F Am Gsus4 G
F Am Gsus4 G

[Verse 1]
F                 Am                        Gsus4
 Since I was thirteen, I knew I had to get out
                       Gsus4
But when I packed my bags
                        F
I cried the whole way down
                    Am
Left my friends back, in our small town
Gsus4                                    Gsus4
Along with all my dreams of being loved how

F                         Am
 But there were bigger things
                  Gsus4
In the stones for me
                      Gsus4         C
I had to give up a love to go find me
F               Am                    Gsus4
 And yeah it cut, ‘cause I did get out
                    G
But my heart still wandered to my hometown

[Chorus]
C                      Am
I broke down on the phone, saying
               G
“I wanna come home, dad”
                F
“I wanna come home, get me out”
           C                   Am
He said, “No, I promise you don’t”
                 G                   G
“Just give it a go, you’re gonna be gold out there”

[Post-Chorus]
F                    Am
And so I started to like it
                      Gsus4
Cut my hair and then dyed it
                     Gsus4             C
Kissed a couple of strangers, didn’t mind it
F                  Am
Left my love back, in that ghost town
G                          G
And broke a couple of hearts, I came to find out

[Verse 2]
F                       Am
And my mother called, said
                         G
“What the fuck are you doing?”
                      Gsus4                 F
“You’ve gotta be better than, better than this”
                 Am                   G
So yeah it stings, ‘cause I did get out
                    G
But my soul still roams around my hometown

[Chorus]
C                        Am
I broke down on the phone, saying
                  G
“I wanna come home, mom”
                Fsus2
“I wanna come home, get me out”
C                               Am
She said, “No, you’ve gotta be bold”
                      G
“If you want it, you go”
                      Fsus2
“But don’t get too cold out there”

[Chorus]
C                      Am
I broke down on the phone, saying
               G
“I wanna come home, dad”
                Fsus2
“I wanna come home, get me out”
           C                   Am
He said, “No, I promise you don’t”
                 G                   G
“Just give it a go, you’re gonna be gold out there”

[Instrumental]
F C G G
Fsus2 C G G

[Bridge]
Fsus2              C
 “I promise you don’t”
                 G                   G
“Just give it a go, you’re gonna be gold out there”
F                  C
 “You’ve gotta be bold”
                      G
“If you want it, you go”
                  G
“You’re gonna be gold out there”

[Outro]
C                   Am                        Gsus4
 So I hung up the phone, with a lump in my throat
                      F
Knowing now what I know, I had to bury
     C                  Am                       Gsus4
And I etched it into stone, carved it into my bones
                           Gsus4
It isn’t my home, just a memory

C                Am                        Gsus4
 I hung up the phone, with a lump in my throat
                      F
Knowing now what I know, I was empty
     C                  Am                       Gsus4
And I etched it into stone, carved it into my bones
                     N.C.
It can still be my home, in my memory