Paula Cole – Happy Home chords

Intro
Bb-C
Bb-C

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

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

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

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

Instrumental
F-Bb
F-Bb-Dm

Bridge
                   C                    DmWe did the best we could being so young
                   CWe tried so hard to build a happy home

BbSacrificed her dreams to motherhood
Bb                                  Dm   CWaiting and waiting to be understood fully
BbSacrificed her years to the family
Bb                               Dm    CWaiting and waiting to be heard finally
Bb              C     Bb       GmAnd she said to me, she said to me

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

Coda
F                   F- Bb-F-Bb-F-Bb-F-BbHome sweet freedom
              BbBuild a happy home…