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