Silent Homecoming chords by Ringo Starr

SimplifiedG · D · Bb · F

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Patiently she stares down  (G major) the runway,
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
D 
to be gone.  (D major) 
But there are songs that need singing,
G 
D 
 (G major) And  (D major) there are things
G 
Bb 
that must be done.  (G major)  (B flat major) 
There are thoughts that still
need thinking,
D 
And there are wars that must be  (D major) won.

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Verse 2
G 
 (G major) He was just a boy when they sent for him
And overnight turned him into a man.
Proudly he had served his country
In a war he didn't seem to
D 
understand.  (D major) 
G 
The flag still waves, his war  (G major) is over,
D 
G 
Bb 
 (D major) He'll never have to kill  (G major) again.  (B flat major) 
And as she waits, she thinks it over,
D 
Is winning worth the prize we pay  (D major) to win?

Verse 3
G 
 (G major) Her thoughts keep wandering
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
D 
little boys.  (D major) 
G 
And ev'ry day when play was  (G major) over,
D 
G 
 (D major) He'd put his little toys away.  (G major) 
Bb 
 (B flat major) And she'd be standing,
waiting for him,
D 
The way she's waiting here  (D major) today.

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) 
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
D 
come home from war?  (D major) 
G 
These last few minutes seem like  (G major) hours,
D 
G 
Bb 
 (D major) She tries her best not to cry.  (G major)  (B flat major) 
But there's that hearse
filled up with flowers,
D 
Did he really have  (D major) to die?

Verse 5
G 
 (G major) No, no, no, no,
No, no, no, no, no,
F 
G 
 (F major) No,  (G major) no, no,
No, no,
F 
No,  (F major) no,
G 
 (G major) No, no, no,
No,
No, no, no,
No,
No, no, no, no, no.