A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME

LEVEL 4C · 80 BPM · Bacharach & David

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TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN

Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

A (Cmaj7)chair is still a (F)chair

e ven when there’s no one (Cmaj7)sit ting there;

but a (F)chair is not a (E7)house, and a (C7)house is not a home when there’s (F)no one there to hold you (Dm7)tight, and no one there (Dm7)you can kiss

good (Cmaj7)night.

A room is still a (F)room

e ven when there’s noth ing (Cmaj7)there but gloom;

but a (F)room is not a (E7)house, and a (C7)house is not a home when the (F)two of us are far a (Dm7)part and one of us (Dm7)has a bro

ken (Cmaj7)heart.

(F)Now and then

I call your name

and (C)sud den ly your face ap (A7)pears.

(Dmaj7)but it’s just a cra zy (Em)game

(Dmaj7)when it ends it (Dm7)ends in (G)tears.

(Cmaj7)Dar ling have a (F)heart,

don’t let one mis take keep (Cmaj7)us a part.

I’m not (F)meant to live a (E7)lone Turn this (C7)house in to a home.

Wnen I (F)climb the stair and turn the (Dm7)key, oh, please be there (Dm7)still in love

with (Cmaj7)me.

A (Cmaj7)chair is still a (F)chair

e ven when there’s no one (Cmaj7)sit ting there;

but a (F)chair is not a (E7)house, and a (C7)house is not a home when there’s (F)no one there to hold you (Dm7)tight, and no one there (Dm7)you can kiss