Home

How to play Home by Phillip Phillips on guitar

Home is a great beginner song to learn because it has a steady, uplifting feel and a repeating progression that is easy to lock into. You can focus on keeping your rhythm even and letting the changes feel relaxed, which makes it satisfying to play along with quickly.

Most of the chart uses open shapes, so your hands can stay comfortable for much of the song. The main thing to watch is the back-and-forth between F and C, since that opening progression repeats and can expose any hesitation in your changes. If you can move cleanly between those two, the rest should feel much easier.

Start by practicing the F - C - F - C loop slowly until the switches feel smooth. Then add the rest of the chord shapes one at a time, keeping your strumming steady before you try full speed. Once the changes feel automatic, play through the whole song and gradually bring it up to tempo.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.