[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro]
[Soft acoustic guitar picking, distant piano, warm organ pad]
[Light percussion enters with brushed snare and tambourine]
[Slide guitar answers softly in the background]
[Spoken Vocal]
Every road has a memory
Every town leaves something behind
But there is always one place
You never really leave
[Intro Build]
[Bass enters, drums slowly rise, organ swells]
Home… sweet home
Home… sweet home
[Verse 1]
[Warm acoustic guitar, steady kick drum, soft piano, bass]
Miles of highway in the rain
Different faces, different names
Suitcase full of yesterdays
Still somehow they all remain
Every town has different lights
Different bars and different nights
But every road comes back around
To the place where love is found
[Pre-Chorus]
[Add organ, tambourine, harmony vocals]
Through the dark
Through the storm
There’s a fire
Keeping warm
No matter how far we may roam
Something always pulls us home
[Chorus]
[Full band, ringing guitars, layered vocals]
No matter where we roam
(We’re home, sweet home)
No matter where we go
(We always know…)
… home, sweet home
(We’re home, sweet home)
Where the old memories live
And the heart still has room to give
No matter how long we’ve been gone
Home, sweet home
[Instrumental]
[Slide guitar, piano run, organ swell]
[Verse 2]
[Stronger drums, fuller bass line, electric guitar accents]
Photographs and creaking floors
Old screen doors and hardwood boards
Every mark upon the wall
Still remembers it all
Voices floating down the hall
Like they never left at all
Every laugh and every tear
Still feels close when we are here
[Pre-Chorus]
[Build with choir harmonies, snare lift]
Through the years
Through the change
Somehow everything remains
No matter how far we may roam
Something always pulls us home
[Chorus]
[Full power, louder drums, stacked harmonies]
No matter where we roam
(We’re home, sweet home)
No matter where we go
(We always know…)
… home, sweet home
(We’re home, sweet home)
Where the old memories live
And the heart still has room to give
No matter how long we’ve been gone
Home, sweet home
[Bridge]
[Drop to piano, bass, soft organ]
Every road
Every mile
Every tear
Every smile
Leads us back
To where we belong
To the place we’ve known all along
[Instrumental Break]
[Electric guitar solo, organ swells, tom fills]
[Final Chorus]
[Maximum energy, choir vocals, soaring guitars]
No matter where we roam
(We’re home, sweet home)
No matter where we go
(We always know…)
… home, sweet home
(We’re home, sweet home)
Where the old memories live
And the heart still has room to give
No matter how long we’ve been gone
Home, sweet home
Home, sweet home
(We’re home, sweet home)
Home, sweet home
(We’re home, sweet home)
[Outro]
[Soft acoustic guitar, piano, fading harmonies]
No matter where we roam
We’re home, sweet home
[Single Piano Note]
[Silence]
From the album “Sweet“