Key: A major
Verse 1
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Bb
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There's a spe cial little corner
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F
E
For that dark, wandering boy
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who took the wrong path
from the start
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D
and she helps them to grow strong
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Deep inside she cries
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for the boy that just went home
Bb
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Early one morning,
Mama wipes her tears away
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Eb
and says he must be strong
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about the boy who just went home
But up and down the gravel road
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About the one who
wasn't like the rest,
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Bb
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the war that just went on
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Eb
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Bb
Eb
F
Bb
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Bb
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A letter here, a letter there,
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upon the picture on the wall
And the children no longer ask
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when June the 4th just went on
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Maybe in some railroad yard
Maybe on some jailhouse floor
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And I bet it is all that's made
And finally after years and years
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tell the words to let it out
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D
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to fetch the boy that just went wrong
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E
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D
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There's a small crowd at the station
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on a dark and dismal day
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Papa's eyes are rimmed with tears
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as he steps off the train
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she just breaks down
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And calls for her darlin' boy,
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the boy that just went wrong
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When they reach the churchyard
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it's there they quietly kneel
And the preacher says a few kind words
the boy that just went home.
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Bb
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