{title: Home}
{artist: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros}
{album: Up From Below (2009)}
{key: G}
{tempo: 138}
{difficulty: beginner}
{tags: hearthside,duet,singalong}
{video: youtube:DHEOF_rcND8}
{credit: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 'Home' (Official Video, from Up From Below, 2010). (c) Rough Trade Records.}

{c: From the band's debut album. Built around Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos's male/female vocal trade.}
{c: Lyrics copyright the artists. Chord skeleton below.}
{c: For full lyrics: the official music video.}

{c: ===== KEY & CAPO =====}
{c: Original recording in B♭. For guitar: play in G with capo 3 — exact original key, easy shapes.}
{c: Whistle solo: original key is B♭, so a B♭ whistle plays the melody in first position.}
{c: A D whistle works if you transpose the playing key to D (capo 7 with G shapes, or play out of D shapes).}

{c: ===== STRUCTURE =====}
{c: Verse (he) → Verse (she) → Chorus → Verse (both) → Chorus → Spoken interlude → Whistle solo → Final Chorus}

{c: ===== VERSE PROGRESSION (G shapes, capo 3 for original key) =====}
[G]________ [D]________ [Em]________ [C]________
[G]________ [D]________ [C]________ [G]________

{c: ===== CHORUS PROGRESSION =====}
[G]________ [D]________ [Em]________ [C]________
[G]________ [D]________ [C]________ [G]________

{c: (Chorus and verse share the same progression — only the melody and dynamics change.)}

{c: ===== WHISTLE / FIDDLE SOLO =====}
{c: The recorded melody is on whistle. Your partner's fiddle plays it perfectly.}
{c: Repeated motif on the I and V (G and D), held notes, descending phrase to land on the IV (C).}
{c: Eight bars, memorable, learn it by ear from the recording.}

{c: ===== HOW THE FAMILY BAND PLAYS IT =====}
{c: Verse 1: husband sings lead. Light strum, fiddle out, kid out.}
{c: Verse 2: wife sings lead. Same arrangement.}
{c: Chorus: both voices on the "Home... home..." opening, kid joins on bodhrán four-on-the-floor.}
{c: Whistle solo: husband on whistle (D or B♭), or partner on fiddle if no whistle handy.}
{c: Spoken interlude: optional. Play it straight or skip it entirely. Both work.}
{c: Final chorus: all voices, loud, all instruments.}

{c: ===== WHY IT WORKS FOR YOU =====}
{c: The vocal trade is structural — verse alternates male/female lead, chorus is both. The song is engineered for a duo. Your fiddle takes the famous whistle line and it transcribes perfectly. Three chords + a sweet melody + male-female call-and-response = exactly your band's sweet spot.}