Death Cab for Cutie - Home Is a Fire: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Home Is a Fire" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

 C#
Sleep, sleep with the lights on
Shuttered with shades drawn
There's too many windows
Noise, cars on the freeway
Attempting a clean break
There's nowhere left to go
Watching the roots weave
Through cracks in the concrete

Chorus:
  A                 B
Plates, they will shift
  G#m         A
Houses will shake
 G#m          C#
Fences will drift
 B        E
We will awake
A        B
Only to find
 G#m           A
Nothing's the same
 G#m           C#
Nothing's the same

Home, home is a fire
Burning reminder
Of where we belong, love
With walls built up around us
The bricks make me nervous
They're only so strong, love
They're only so strong, love

Chorus:
Plates, they will shift
Houses will shake
Fences will droop
We will awake
Only to find
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
Nothing's the same
As yesterday
As yesterday


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#

Guitar chord C#

E

Guitar chord E

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Home Is a Fire" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Home Is a Fire" by Death Cab for Cutie.

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