Chord Booklet

Miranda Lambert

10 songs|16 chords used|Medium

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Chords used

Dsus4

Am7

C/B

Dsus

F#m

The House That Built Me

Key: DCapo 3Easy

I know they (D)say you can't go home again

(F#m) I just had to come back one last time

(G)Ma'am I know you don't know me from Adam

But these (D)handprints on the front steps are (A)mine

And up those (D)stairs, in that little back bedroom

Is where I (F#m)did my homework and I learned to play guitar

And I (G)bet you didn't know under that live oak

My (D)favorite dog is buried in the (A)yard

(Chorus)

I (G)thought if I could touch this place or (D)feel it

This (Em)brokenness inside me might start (D)healin'

Out (G)here it's like I'm someone else,

I (Bm)thought that maybe I could find my-(G)self

If (D)I could just come in I swear I'll (G)leave

Won't take nothin' but a (D)memory from the (A)house that built (D) me

Mama (D)cut out pictures of houses for years

From (F#m)"Better Homes and Garden" magazines

Plans were (G)drawn, concrete poured, and nail by nail and board by board

(D) Daddy gave life to mama's dream (A)

(Chorus)

I (G)thought if I could touch this place or (D)feel it

This (Em)brokenness inside me might start (D)healin'

Out (G)here it's like I'm someone else,

I (Bm)thought that maybe I could find my-(G)self

If (D)I could just come in I swear I'll (G)leave

Won't take nothin' but a (D)memory from the (A)house that built (D) me

You (Bm)leave home, you move on and you (D)do the best you can

(Em)I got lost in this whole world and for-(G)got who I (A)am

(Chorus)

I (G)thought if I could touch this place or (D)feel it

This (Em)brokenness inside me might start (D)healin'

Out (G)here it's like I'm someone else,

I (Bm)thought that maybe I could find my-(G)self

If (D)I could just come in I swear I'll (G)leave

Won't take nothin' but a (D)memory from the (A)house that built (G) me

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Me And Charlie Talkin'

Key: ACapo 2Medium

Dsus4

sounds and I have not included all the

chords as there are passing chords using

sus2 and sus4 throughout! This is not

the only way to play this song. It can

be played in the open position!

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(Key of A)

(All chord forms relative to capo)

Verse 1

GMe and Charlie Cboy used to go Gwalkin',

C sittin? in the woods behind my Ghouse

C When bein' lovers meant a stGolen kiss,

and holdin' hGands with nobody else arDound Dsus4

Verse 2

GCharlie said he Cwanted to get Gmarried,

C but we were only ten so we?d have to Gwait

C He said we?d never let our love run Gdry,

like so many Ddo these Gdays C

So we Ctreat our love like a firefly,

C like it only Cgets Dto Gshine,C for a Glittle whileC

C Catch it in a mason jar,

with holes in the top and Crun Dlike Ghell,C to show it Goff

Oh pFromises we made when we?d go wDalkin?,

that?s just Fme Dand CCharlie Gtalkin',C G C

Verse 3

GCharlie always Csaid he?d like to Gleave here,

Cturned eighteen and left our sleepy Gtown

CLetters came and went and I kept wGaiting,

for CCharlie to come Gback, and bring the life he?d foDundDsus4,

Verse 4

It's Gfunny how the Ctime and distance Gchange you,

C the road you take don?t always lead you hGome

YCou can start a love with good intGentions

and you'll look up and it?s gGone C

So you Ctreat our love like a firefly,

C like it only Cgets Dto Gshine,C for a Glittle whileC

C Catch it in a mason jar,

with holes in the top and Crun Dlike Ghell,C to show it Goff

Oh pFromises we made when we?d go wDalkin?,

that?s just Fme Dand CCharlie Gtalkin',C G C

Verse 5

GNow an then I Csometimes think of GCharlie,

Chow we thought we knew it all back 'Gen

Now CI?d give anything to feel lGove,

from a child?s heart again

So we Ctreat our love like a firefly,

C like it only Cgets Dto Gshine,C for a Glittle whileC

C Catch it in a mason jar,

with holes in the top and Crun Dlike Ghell,C to show it Goff

Oh pFromises we made when we?d go wDalkin?,

that?s just Fme Dand CCharlie, me an Charlie Gtalkin' C

G La-lala-ClalalaG_____ C

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I Just Really Miss You

Key: CHard

Am7

C/B

Dsus

CFGCFG

There's a Cdark cloud Fhanging Gover my Cheart F G

CI can't see where it Fends, or Gwhere it CstartsF. G

Am7I should get Gover you, but Fbaby, it's so Ghard,

with this Cdark cloud Fhanging Gover my Cheart. F G

There's a Csad song Fringing Gin my Chead. F G

CBaby, it's been Fhere ever Gsince you Cleft. F G

Am7I should be Gmoving along; Fhow far would I Gget

with this Csad song Fringing Gin my Chead. F G

CI just really Fmiss you, CI just really Fmiss you,

CThere's aC/B life I Am7can't ask you to Dleave. F

CI just really Fmiss you, Cright now I kinda Fwant to.

CThe closesC/Bt that you'llAm7 ever be to Dme F

is Cfree. F G

There's a Chard wind Fblowing Gthrough this Ctown. F G

CAnd nothing left to Fhold is Gpushing me Cdown. F G

Am7It blows over Gyou and me Fwithout a Gsound.

There's a Chard wind Fblowing Gthrough this Ctown. F G

CI just really Fmiss you, CI just really Fmiss you,

CThere's aC/B life I Am7can't ask you to Dleave. F

CI just really Fmiss you, Cright now I kinda Fneed to.

CThe closestC/B that you'll Am7ever be to Dme F

is Cfree. F G

Now it'sDsus one Am7more Cnight at theDsus upsiAm7de dCown,

it'sDsus ten Am7steps Cin, and Ghundred miles back out.

CI just really Fmiss you, CI just really Fmiss you,

CThere's aC/B life I Am7can't ask you to Dleave. F

CI just really Fmiss you, Cright now I kinda Fneed to.

CThe closesC/Bt that you'llAm7 ever be to Dme F

is Cfree. F G

There's a Cdark cloud Fhanging Gover my Cheart.F G

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Bluebird

Key: AmMedium

AmCFC

Yeah, I'm a tuAmrner C

I turn pageFs all the tiCme

Don't likAme where I'm at

3C4 was bad

So I justF turn to 3C5

Yeah, I'm a keAmeper C

I keep diggiFng down for the deeCp

Like the recoAmrds I'm playing

They mighCt keep you waiting

But you knoFw I'm gonna play 'em for keCeps

And if the hoAmuse just keeps on wiCnning

I got a wildFcard up on my slCeeve

And if loAmve keeps giving me lemoCns

I'll just miFx 'em in my drCink

And if the whoAmle wide world stops sinCging

And all the stFars go daCrk

I'll keep a liAmght on in my Csoul

Keep bluebFird in my hCeart

AmCFC

Well, I'm a gAmiver C

Yeah and IF'm still giving 'em heCll

ForgiAmving's pretty hard

So CI made an art

Out oFf forgettin' 'em welCl

Yeah, I'm a rhymAmer C

I can turn twenFty cents into a CTen

And if I gAmet confused

And I starCt to lose

I rhymeF a dime 'til it all makes senCse

And if the hoAmuse just keeps on wiCnning

I got a wildFcard up on my slCeeve

And if loAmve keeps giving me lemoCns

I'll just miFx 'em in my drCink

And if the whoAmle wide world stops sinCging

And all the stFars go daCrk

I'll keep a liAmght on in my Csoul

Keep bluebFird in my hCeart

AmCFC

AmCFCG

And if the hoAmuse just keeps on wiCnning

I got a wildFcard up on my slCeeve

And if loAmve keeps giving me lemoCns

I'll just miFx 'em in my drCink

And if the whoAmle wide world stops sinCging

And all the stFars go daCrk

I'll keep a liAmght on in my Csoul

Keep bluebFird in my hCeart

Outro

I'll keAmep a light on in my sCoul

Keep bluFebird in my heart

Keep blFuebird in my heAmart

CFC

AmCF

AnCd the bluebird sings

AmCFC

AmC

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I'm Alright

Key: DCapo 2Medium

F#m

The sDun just gAot through goEing dAown

on a slDeepy liAttle TeExas toAwn

pDopulaAtion plEus one, miAnus one D

A new graDndma roAcks my siEster's kAid

just like twDenty yAears aEgo she dAid

the sDame thing iAn that saEme chair

sAhe said tDhis one's born to run E

DAEA

Everyday at noon like a chapel bell

find her,Jesus,keep her well

help her do more right than wrong,

at the end of the day

I've got five good years and a tank of gas,

fifty watts and Johnny Cash

a guitar and a broken heart just full of things to say

You tBmaught me how to stAand those tests and tDrials

but you cBman't see a desert suAnrise in the DbiEble

(Chorus):

She loDves me mAore than aEnythAing

and she wDants the woArld for me E

Her wDest dropped oAff in EEl PaAso,

and her noDrth in Abilene E

MDama IA'm OkEay out hAere

I've sDeen how hAard the woErld can Abe

My sDtep is sAure and I kEnow my F#mname

I'm stDrong just lAike you prEayed I'd Abe

EDAEDA

If I had dDone what Ayou and dEaddy'd dAone

I woDuld have never lAost and neEver wAon

or goDtten myAself kicEked when AI was down D

I woDuld not knAow how to trEavel weAll

A hunDdred bAucks and chEeap moAtels

I woDuld not knAow how to fiEght for mAy own

heDart next time around E

DBmon't you cry anoAther night abDout me

In this cBmity I've got anAgels all arDound Eme

(Chorus):

She loves me more than anything

And she wants the world for me

Her west dropped of in El Paso

And her north in Abilene

Hey Mama I'm okay out here

I've seen how hard the world can be

My step is sure and I know my name

I'm strong just like you prayed I'd be

I felt it eDvery tAime you prEayed forF#m me

I'm strDong just lAike you prEayed I'd Abe

DAEA

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If I Was A Cowboy

Key: CEasy

C Oh, ooh-Amooh, oh, ooh-Emooh

Riding Coff in the sunset, blAmue eyes under my StEmetson

A little lCady on the front porch wAmishing my heart would start sEmettling

BCig iron hips with the hAmolsters

I'd be lEmooking mighty fine on a poster

WCanted by the law but the lAmaws don't apply to mEme

If I was a cCowboy, AmI'd be wEmild and free

Rolling arCound these tAmowns like tEmumblewGeeds

I'd be a lCegend at loving and lAmeaving

Nipping on a whEmiskey and numbing up my feelings

You thought the WCest was wild but you Amain't saddled up with mEme

If I was a cGowboy, I'd be the quCeen

Oh, ooh-Amooh, oh, ooh-Emooh

Sitting prCetty on the prairie, baby, AmI'm your Huckleberry, let me hEmold you (Ooh, ooh)

This sCix gun sugars got a hAmairpin trigger, like I tEmold youG (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

And this dCove never really gets lAmonesome

I never bEmegged, never borrowed but I stole some

WCanted by the law but the lAmaws don't apply to mEme, baby

If I was a cCowboy, AmI'd be wEmild and free

Rolling arCound these tAmowns like tEmumblewGeeds

I'd be a lCegend at loving and lAmeaving

Nipping on a whEmiskey and numbing up my feelings

You thought the WCest was wild but you Amain't saddled up with mEme

If I was a cGowboy, I'd be the quCeen Am Em

CAmEmG

So mCommas if your dAmaughters grow Emup G (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

C To be cAmowboys, soEm what? G(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

If I was a cCowboy, AmI'd be wEmild and free (Wild and free)

Rolling arCound these tAmowns like tEmumbleweeds (Towns like tumbleweeds)

I'd be a lCegend at loving and lAmeaving

Nipping on a whEmiskey and numbing up my fGeelings

You thought the WCest was wild but you Amain't saddled up with mEme (Saddled up with me)

If I was a cowboy, I'd be the quCeen Am

Oh, ooh-Emooh, G I'd be the quCeen Am Em G

C Oh, ooh-Amooh, oh, ooh-Emooh G

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Pretty Bitchin

Key: GEasy

GI got a pretty new truck

Had some Cpretty good luck

And some Gpretty red wine I'm Csippin'

Got a Gpretty guitar

With a Cwhite pickguard

And a Gpretty good song if you're Clistenin'

It's pretty Gbitchin' C

Got a Gpretty Airstream rollin' Cdown the road

You oughta Gsee the pretty white walls Cspinnin'

Pretty pink Gcarpet on the floor

No Clock on the door

Help yourGself to the Tito's in the Cpretty kitchen

It's pretty Gbitchin' C

I Guse what I got

I don't Clet it go to waste

I'm Gpretty from the back

Kinda Cpretty in the face

I Ghate to admit it C

But it didn't Gstop me, did it? C

Yeah, Glife's pretty weird, Clife's pretty great

GLife's pretty good if you Clive it

1, 2, G3 Mississippi

Sitting Cpretty damn pretty

On this Gpretty life I've been Cgiven

It's pretty Gbitchin' C

It's pretty Gbitchin' C G

GWell, I'm a pretty hot mess

CBut hell, I guess

I'm Gpretty sure it's a family traCdition

I got a Gpretty good time in the Ccheckout Gline

With all the free press CI've been gettin'G C

It's pretty Gbitchin' C

'Cause I Guse what I got

I don't Clet it go to waste

I'm Gpretty from the back

Kinda Cpretty in the face

I Ghate to admit it C

But it didn't Gstop me, did it? C

Yeah, Glife's pretty weird, Clife's pretty great

GLife's pretty good if you Clive it

1, 2, G3 Mississippi

Sitting Cpretty damn pretty

On Gthis pretty life I've been Cgiven

It's pretty Gbitchin' C

GDmCGCGCGC

I've had Gpretty good day

I'm in a Cpretty good place

I'd say Gpretty much I'm Cwinnin'

I gotta Gpretty good band

CPretty damn good fans

And this Gpretty good Clife I'm livin'

It's pretty Gbitchin' C

It's pretty Gbitchin' C G

C G x8 (till fade)

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Gravity Is A Bitch

Key: GMedium

GYou spend your twenties feeling that you're E7walking on the ceiling

And you Aparty like you're Deight feetG tall

You say Gworking's for the birds, chasing dE7reams and miniskirts,

From Ahere, everyDthing seems Gsmall

GThen thirties come around and you E7finally feel the ground

Look aroAund and mayDbe start pGlanning

For what the Gfuture holds and though you're fE7ar from old

You moisAturize and spend Dless time Gtanning

You're Changing over but you're hanging in,

You're sGtarting to look like all of E7your friends

ConvAersations turning from rock and roll

To Dkids and Gpolitics and how much Dmoney you owe

Got Gbags under your eyes, bigger E7hips and bigger thighs,

You got Aplaces that you caDn't even iGtch

You can Gnip it, tuck it, squeeze it but you're E7never gonna beat it,

'cause AgravityD's a Gbitch

GE7ADGE7ADG

GForty's kinda boring and you E7spend your time ignoring

The Athings you don't Dsee so clGear

Your Greflection in the glass is gonna E7knock you on your ass,

You wonder hAow the hell'd it gDet down heGre

You're Ghappy in your fifties though E7things are kind of shifty,

At sAixty you'll Dfind peace ofG mind

Go to beGd at eight o'clock, and comb your E7hair if you've still got it,

'cause you're Aalmost at the Dfinish Gline

You're Changing over but you're hanging in,

You're sGtarting to look like all of E7your friends

ConvAersations turning from rock and roll

To Dkids and Gpolitics and how much Dmoney you owe

Got Gbags under your eyes, bigger E7hips and bigger thighs,

You got Aplaces that you caDn't even iGtch

You can Gnip it, tuck it, squeeze it but you're E7never gonna beat it,

'cause AgravityD's a Gbitch

Yeah, AgravityD's a Gbitch,

I'm here to tell you, gravityA is a bDitch G

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White Trash

Key: GMedium

IG'm finally on the up and up,

GA little 401K

TrGaded in my trailer park for a

NeGighborhood with a gate

QuCeen finally got her castle

LCast one on the right you can't miss it

UGpgraded from the barbed wire

NGow I got a nice picket

GI can play high clDass all day

But sFome things never chFange

I can't hGide it in a closet,

I can't stCuff it in a trunk

I aGlways know there's treasure buried

SDomewhere in the junk

I can kGeep it clean on Sundays

And keep the lCights and water on

But GI can't keep my whDite trash off the lGawn G G G G

CGarnation from a flowerbed

GIn a whiskey bottle base

CGadillac on a cinder block,

DGuct tape on every other thing

RCeal ferns in the sunroom

BCug zapper by the screen

Dog hGair on the Restoration Hardware,

WGho says you can't have nice things?

I can't hGide it in a closet,

I can't stCuff it in a trunk

I aGlways know there's treasure buried

SDomewhere in the junk

I can kGeep my roots from showin'??

But I'm stCill dishwater blonde

But GI can't keep my whDite trash off the laGwnD F C G D F C

NGew money, old habits

LGoveseat in the plastic

StGeak fingers in a basket

N.C.

New money, old habits

I can't hGide it in a closet,

I can't stCuff it in a trunk

I aGlways know there's treasure buried

SDomewhere in the junk

I can kGeep it clean on Sundays

And keep the lCights and water on

But GI can't keep my whDite trash off the lGawn

Got more roGoms than the Joneses,

Y'all, and IC'm still addin' on

But GI can't keep my whDite trash off the lGawn G G G G

IG'm finally on the up and up

I'm finally on the up and up, up and up

Up and up, up and up, up and up

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10.

Priscilla

Key: CCapo 1Medium

CWe look we got it made, don't we?,

Permanent acceFssory

On their arms and always on their Cminds

Rings, we gotta wear the Creal big rings

Big smiles like fFigurines

Big hair for the real big Ckind

When they tGurn it on and slick back their hair

We tFurn around and the world's right there

GWoman to woman, I'm starting to see

What hFappened to you is happening to me

CPriscilla, Priscilla, how'd you get him to yourself?

Between the Fwhistle calls and Southern dolls

It's enougCh to put a home through Hell

CPriscilla, Priscilla, he's always in high demand

How Fdo you or don't you get the love you want whenC everybody wants your man?

It's a Gdifficult thing being Queen to the King

And I Ffeel ya, CPriscilla

CGolden gate, we have to put up a gate

To find time to procFreate

Or at least that's what we Cread

Bodyguard, Didn't know I Cwas his bodyguard

And I shouldn't have to play theF part

At least while we're not in Cbed

GYou and me share a unique position

FMarried to a man who's married to attention

GCouldn't think of anybody better to ask

FHow to be the first to make it last?

CPriscilla, Priscilla, how'd you get him to yourself?

Between the Fwhistle calls and Southern dolls

It's enougCh to put a home through Hell

CPriscilla, Priscilla, he's always in high demand

How Fdo you or don't you get the love you want whenC everybody wants your man?

It's a Gdifficult thing being Queen to the King

And I Ffeel ya, CPriscilla F C G F

Cause when they Gturn it on and slick back their hair

We tFurn around and the world's right there

GWoman to woman, I'm starting to see

What Fhappened to you is happenin' to me

CPriscilla, Priscilla, how'd you get him to yourself?

Between the Fwhistle calls and Southern dolls

It's enougCh to put a home through Hell

CPriscilla, Priscilla, he's always in high demand

How Fdo you or don't you get the love you want whenC everybody wants your man?

It's a Gdifficult thing being Queen to the King

And I Ffeel ya,

It's a Gdifficult thing being Queen to the King

And I Ffeel ya, CPriscilla

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