When a Soldier Makes It Home chords by Arlo Guthrie
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
(D major) Halfway around the world (F sharp minor) tonight
In a (G major) strange an (A major) d foreign land (D major)
A sol (B minor) dier packs his memor (F sharp minor) ies
As he leaves (G major) Afghanistan
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Verse 2
And (Asus4) (A major) (B minor) back home,
they don't know (F sharp minor) too much
There's (G major) just no way to tell (Asus4) (A major)
I (D major) guess you had to be (F sharp minor) there
For to know (G major) that war was hell (A major)
Verse 3
And there (G major) won't be any
vic (B minor) tory parades (G major)
For those (D major) that's coming back
(G major) (B minor) They'll fly them in at mid (F sharp minor) night
And un (G major) load the body sack (A major) s
Verse 4
And the (B minor) living will be walk (F sharp minor) ing down
A long (G major) and lonely road (A major) (F sharp minor) (A major)
Because (D major) nobody seems to
care (F sharp minor) these days
When a (G major) soldier (A major) makes it home
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
(D major) They'll say it wasn't easy (F sharp minor)
Just (G major) another job, (A major) well done (D major)
As the (B minor) government in Ka (F sharp minor) bul falls
To the sound (G major) s of rebel guns
Verse 6
And (Asus4) (A major) (B minor) the faces of the com (F sharp minor) rades
Being blown (G major) out of the sky (Asus4) (A major)
Leaves you (D major) bitter with the feel (F sharp minor) ing
That they (G major) didn't have to die (A major)
Verse 7
And there (G major) won't be any vic (B minor) tory (G major) parades
For those (D major) that's coming back (G major)
(B minor) They'll fly them in at mid (F sharp minor) night
And un (G major) load the body sack (A major) s
Verse 8
And the (B minor) living will be walk (F sharp minor) ing down
A long (G major) and lonely road (A major) (F sharp minor)
(A major) Because nobody (D major) seems
to care (F sharp minor) these days
When (G major) a soldier (A major) makes it home
Interlude 2
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Verse 9
Halfway around the world (F sharp minor) tonight
In a (G major) strange an (A major) d foreign land (D major)
A sol (B minor) dier unpacks memor (F sharp minor) ies
That he saved (G major) from Vietnam
(A major)
Verse 10
(B minor) Back home they didn't
know (F sharp minor) too much
There was just (G major) no way to tell (Asus4) (A major)
I (D major) guess you had to be (F sharp minor) there
For to know (G major) that war was hell (A major)
Verse 11
And there (G major) wasn't any big (B minor) parades (G major)
For those (D major) that made it back (G major)
(B minor) They flew them in at mid (F sharp minor) night
And unloaded (G major) all the sack (A major) s
Verse 12
And the (B minor) living were left walk (F sharp minor) ing down
A long (G major) and lonely road (A major) (F sharp minor)
(A major) Because (D major) nobody seemed
to care (F sharp minor) back then
When a (G major) soldier (A major) made it home
Interlude 3
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Verse 13
(D major) The night is coming quickly (F sharp minor)
And the stars (G major) are on (A major) their way (D major)
As I (B minor) stare into the even (F sharp minor) ing
Looking (G major) for the words to say (A major)
(B minor) That
Verse 14
I saw the lonely sol (F sharp minor) dier
Just a boy (G major) that's far from home (A major)
And I saw (D major) that I was just (F sharp minor) like him
While upon (G major) this earth I roam (A major)
Verse 15
And there (G major) may not be any (B minor) big (G major) parades
If I (D major) ever make it back
(G major) As I come (B minor) home under cov (F sharp minor) er
Through a world (G major) that can't keep track (A major)
Verse 16
Of the heroes (B minor) who have fallen (F sharp minor)
Let alone (G major) the ones who won't (A major) (F sharp minor)
(A major) Which is why (D major) nobody seem
(F sharp minor) s to care
When a (G major) soldier (A major) makes it
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When a Soldier Makes It Home
Arlo Guthrie
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