A House Is Not A Home

Words & Music by Hal David, Burt Bacharach & Tony Esposito
Recorded by Dionne Warwick, 1964



   AM7              D6                             AM7
A chair is still a chair, even when there's no one sitting there;

A9     DM7           Fdim         F#m7           Em7
But a chair is not a house, and a house is not a home

A7-9         DM7                      Bm7
When there's no one there to hold you tight,

   DM7       D6  Bm7    Bm7-5       AM7
And no one there you can kiss good night.


   AM7             D6                              AM7
A room is still a room, even when there's nothing there but gloom;

A9     DM7          Fdim         F#m7           Em7
But a room is not a house, and a house is not a home

A7-9     DM7                Bm7
When the two of us are far apart,

    DM7    D6 Bm7   Bm7-5   E7  AM7
And one of us has a  brok - en heart.


Bridge:

D     
Now and then I call your name, 

     A                   Gdim
And suddenly your face appears;

 B9      C#m9          B9    Bm9                     Fdim
But it's just a crazy game; when it ends, it ends in tears.



 AM7             D6                                 AM7
Darling, have a heart — don't let  one mistake keep us apart.

A9      DM7      Fdim                  F#m7          Em7
I'm not meant to live alone; turn this house into a home.

A7-9    DM7                         Bm7
When I climb the stair and turn the key,

    DM7         D6    Bm  Bm7  Bm7-5  E7 AM7
Oh, please be there, still in  love  with me.

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