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