Proud Of The House We Built
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Intro
D
Verse
D
I dropped to my knees
In that field on your Daddy's farm
Dmaj7
Asked you to marry me
All I had to give was my heart
D7
While other kids were divin' in the swimming holes
G A
You and me dove off into the great unknown
Verse
We were barely getting by taking care of each other
And I became a daddy
You became a mother
It was an uphill battle nearly every day
Looking back I wouldn't have it any other way
Chorus
D A/C#
I'm proud of the house we built
Bm A
It's stronger than sticks, stones, and steel
G A
It's not a big place sitting up high on some hill
G
Lot of things will come and go
A
But love never will
Em
Oh, I'm proud,
A D
I'm proud of the house we built
Still working our way through the land of milk and honey
At the end of the day there's always more bills than money
I close my eyes at night. and I still feel
The same fire in my heart out in that field
CHORUS
I'm proud of the house we built
It's stronger than sticks, stones, and steel
It's not a big place sitting up high on some hill
Lot of things will come and go
But love never will
I'm proud,
D A/C# Bm
Oh, I'm proud of the house we built
A G A
Bridge
F#m G
Oh, look at us together
F#m A
Oh, we've come such a long, long way
D A/C#
I'm proud of the house we built
D A/C#
It's stronger than sticks, stones, and steel
G A
It's not a big place sitting up high on some hill
G
Lot of things come and go
A
But love never will
D A/C#
I'm proud of the house we built
Bm A
It's stronger than sticks, stones, and steel
G A
It's not a big place sitting up high on some hill
G
Lot of things come and go
A
But love never will
Em
I'm proud,
A D
Yeah, I'm proud of the house we built
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