Key: B major
Verse 1
C
I saw the ruins once the smoke
cleared
(Once upon returning home)
A touch of sadness but no fear
Dm
C
(Once upon returning home)
Verse 2
I don't know what I cried about but
F
C
Reality removed all doubt
F
C
I felt warm but all alone
G
F
(Once upon returning home) Returning
C
home
Interlude 1
F
Dm
G
C
F
G
C
Verse 3
F
Dm
G
Once this place was paradise
C
F
Dm
G
C
Green and blue colors of the sea
F
Dm
It's still alive so it shall return
G
Eventually (Oh, oh, oh)
C
Verse 4
The sacred builders,
F
Dm
G
the chosen ones
C
F
Dm
G
Have learned to live and let live
C
Once you take what's
F
G
there to share
Verse 5
You've got to give, you've got to give
F
Oh, don't let the changes get you down
G
You'll see the this world
turned upside down
Dm
If you listen, you'll hear the word
G
When it comes around,
C
when it comes around, yeah
Interlude 2
F
C
F
Verse 6
C
I saw the ruins once the smoke
F
C
cleared
F
C
(Once upon returning home)
A touch of sadness but
F
C
no fear
F
(Once upon returning home) Yeah
Verse 7
C
F
I don't know what I cried about but
C
F
Reality removed all doubt
C
F
I felt warm but all alone
C
F
(Once upon returning
C
home)
Verse 8
F
Dm
G
Look around, there's work to do
C
F
A new life for the chosen
Dm
G
C
few
F
Dm
The world sings in the same key,
G
sweet harmony
C
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Verse 9
F
Dm
G
Just when you thought you had it made
C
With fool's gold,
F
Dm
G
C
the road was paved
F
And circles get so big an d wide
G
You can't see to the other side,
F
other side
Verse 10
F
Oh, the long journey wore me down
G
To see the world turned upside down
Dm
There'll be some time before things
Interlude 3
Settle down
G
C
F
C
F
Verse 11
C
F
I saw the ruins once the smoke cleared
C
F
C
(Once upon returning home)
F
C
A touch of sadness but no fear
(Once upon returning home)
F
Yeah, still I,
Verse 12
C
F
I don't know what I cried about but
C
F
Reality removed all doubt
C
F
I felt warm but all alone
C
F
C
(Once upon returning home) Returning home,
Interlude 4
yeah
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
Verse 13
F
Oh, don't let the changes
get you down, no
G
You'll see the world
turned upside down
Dm
If you listen, you'll hear the word
G
When it comes around,
C
when it comes around
Verse 14
F
I saw the ruins once the
C
smoke cleared
Dm
(Once upon returning
C
G
home)
A touch of sadness but no fear
C
(Once upon returning home)
Verse 15
F
C
I don't know what I cried about but
F
C
Reality removed all doubt
F
I felt warm but all alone
C
F
(Once upon returning home)
C
F
C
Returning home, yeah, wooh
F
Oh yeah
C
F
C
Verse 16
F
C
F
(Coming home) I saw the ruins, oh
C
(Coming home) I saw
F
the smoke clear
C
(Coming home) I felt the
F
world turn upside down
C
(Coming home)
F
Oh, I'm
Verse 17
C
(Coming home) oh
F
C
F
C
F
C
(Coming home)
(Coming home)
(Coming home)
F
Mama, I'm (coming home) Mama,
Verse 18
C
F
I'm (coming home)
C
F
C
Oh, returning home (coming home)
F
C
F
C
yeah, ow
(Coming home) ow,
ow, ow, ow, ow, ow
(Coming home)
Oh, oh, oh (coming home)
(Coming home)
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