Halfway House
By Rosanne Cash
Written by Rosanne Cash
Album: Rhythm & Romance (1985)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
3/9/2025

Capo 2 

D                  Bm
The summer was the killer
D                      Bm
Between our hearts and minds
D           Bm             G             A
Every day a drama dragging by in quarter time

By summer it was over
I couldn't see it through
Trying not to lose my mind while I was leaving you

Chorus:
Bm                     G
Our friends are in the halfway house
Bm                  G
You're still on the mend
Bm                 G
Don't know if I've changed at all
           A
But I'm in love with you again
Bm               G
We're all in the halfway house
Bm                 G
Or so it sometimes seems
Bm                 G
Trying to find the truth inside
        A                       D
Instead of getting by on dreams


In summer, we were blinded
We thought it couldn't last
Crying 'bout the future and fighting 'bout the past

The summer was no bargain
And look at us today
Running from the memory of the price we had to pay

Chorus

Chorus

Chorus 2:
We're all in the halfway house
I guess I always knew
You could give up on yourself
But I could not give up on you

Livin' in the halfway house
Livin' in the halfway house
Livin' in the halfway house
Livin' in the halfway house