Key: Eb major
Intro 1
G
Verse 1
Today's the day that he
is coming home.
Seems like he's been gone a life time
And a life time is a long time
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to be gone.
But there are songs that need singing,
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D
And there are things
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Bb
that must be done.
There are thoughts that still
need thinking,
Verse 2
And overnight turned him into a man.
Proudly he had served his country
In a war he didn't seem to
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understand.
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He'll never have to kill again.
And as she waits, she thinks it over,
Verse 3
to his childhood,
When all his hand grenades
were merely toys.
And "war" was just a game
that he was playing
With plastic guns like other
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He'd put his little toys away.
waiting for him,
Verse 4
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As the plane stops she starts thinking,
Will he still look the way he did before?
Or will his eyes reflect the pain of killing,
Like most young men when they
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G
Bb
She tries her best not to cry.
But there's that hearse
filled up with flowers,
Verse 5
No, no, no, no, no,
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G
No, no, no,
No, no,
No,
No, no, no,
No,
No, no, no, no, no.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D Bb F
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