Helluva Home

Intro 

C C/B Am C/B (x3) 

F G  

C C/B Am C/B (x2) 

Verse 

       C                          F             C 
Their sidewalks, songs and their knuckles are cracked 
          F            C         G 
And they ring like an old broken bell 
      C                                  F         C 
They kick and they scream, they call it brotherly love 
        F            C      G 
And it seems like a living hell 
         Am         G               F           C 
But the pavement connects, and the knuckles protect 
         Am            G             F      
And the cracked songs help heal the wounds 
          C                F            C 
And they huddle together fight off the cold 
      Am              G           F 
They kick scream and sing out of tune 
     Am           G          C    G 
And wait for the flowers to bloom 


[Refrão]
       C        C/B   Am  C/B 
It’s a helluva home 
       C        C/B   Am  C/B 
It’s a helluva home 
       C           C/B 
Where else would I go 
     Am     C/B 
It’s all I know 
        F 
It’s a hell 
G               C     C/B   Am  C/B     C     C/B   Am  C/B 
It’s a helluva home 

Verse 
                   C             
Out here it’s all earthquakes, plastic,  
         F            C 
and the hills are on fire 
F           C             G 
Styrofoam, tan moms and drought 
   C                         F   C 
I ain’t seen a black girl in 28 days 
       F             C       G  
And I’m starting to have my doubts 
   Am             G  
No rain’s got me withering  
        F             C 
but at least I’m not shivering 
       Am             G             F 
I can breathe here without all the gloom 
            C                         F        C 
We got our feet in the sand, endless possible land 
Am              G           F 
Bathing in the sun and the moon 
      Am          G         C      G 
With wildflowers always in bloom 


[Refrão]
       C        C/B   
It’s a helluva home 
       Am       C/B  
It’s a helluva home 
       C        C/B   
It’s a helluva home 
       Am       C/B  
It’s a helluva home 
       C           C/B 
Where else would I go 
     Am     C/B 
It’s all I know 
        F    G 
It’s a hell 

       C        C/B   
It’s a helluva home 
       Am       C/B  
It’s a helluva home 
       C        C/B   
It’s a helluva home 
       Am       C/B  
It’s a helluva home 
       C           C/B 
Where else would I go 
     Am     C/B 
It’s all I know 
        F 
It’s a hell 
G               Am    
It's a helluva home 

Bridge 

                          C 
I got used to waving goodbye 
                Dm 
I got tired of grinding  
                            F    
in a giant city waiting to die 
G 
Yeah 


[Refrão]
        D      D/C# 
It’s a helluva home 
        G       A 
It’s a helluva home 
        D      D/C# 
It’s a helluva home 
        G       A 
It’s a helluva home 
       D           D/C# 
Where else would I go 
      G     A 
It’s all I know 
        G    A 
It’s a hell 

        D      D/C# 
It’s a helluva home 
        G       A 
It’s a helluva home 
        D      D/C# 
It’s a helluva home 
        G       A 
It’s a helluva home 
       D           D/C# 
Where else would I go 
      G     A 
It’s all I know 
        G     
It’s a hell 
A               D   D/C#  G   
It’s a helluva home 
A        D   D/C#  G  A   D   D/C#  G  A   D   D/C#  G  A   D 
Helluva home 

Outro 

        D                         G           D 
You go east you go west you get tarnish and sheen 
     G           D             A 
The trick is to live with the two 
              D                        G          D 
For now I’ll sing here with less in a world in between 
    Bm           G           A 
As long as I’m singing with you 
Bm         G            D 
I want to sing it with you