She Holds This House Together

Intro D Gmaj7 D G Verse D G D Most mornings she's up before the sun even thinks about rising D G A Gets breakfast going and the laundry out for drying D G D Makes a cup of coffee, finds her favorite front porch spot D A And has a few minutes with the Lord before the crazy starts PRE-Chorus Em G D Em She keeps this family running like a well-oiled machine G A And never asks for anything Chorus D A It's not just the boards in the floors, the hinges on the doors Bm G D The nails in the walls that keep this place from falling D A It's not just the windows in the rooms, the shingles on the roof Bm G A The bricks and stones that give this place its bones Em She might deny it, G But we all know better A D D Gmaj7 She holds this house together Verse D G D She's always got a shoulder when you need one to lean on D G A And you can bet she'll stay up late waiting for you to come home D G D She's a wife and a mother and everything in between D She makes it all look easy, A Though it's harder than it seems Chorus D A It's not just the boards in the floors, the hinges on the doors Bm G D The nails in the walls that keep this place from falling D A It's not just the windows in the rooms, the shingles on the roof Bm G A The bricks and stones that give this place its bones Em She might deny it, G But we all know better A D D G D A She holds this house together BREAK: G D For her it's second nature, never feels like a heavy load Em A Even when the foundation cracks and the weeds start to grow Chorus D A It's not just the boards in the floors, the hinges on the doors Bm G D The nails in the walls that keep this place from falling D A It's not just the windows in the rooms, the shingles on the roof Bm G A The bricks and stones that give this place its bones Em She might deny it, G But we all know better Outro A D D G She holds this house together A D D G She holds this house together A D She holds this house together