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