When a Soldier Makes It Home Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[D]Halfway around the [F#m]world tonight
In a [G]strange an[A]d foreign [D]land
[Bm]A soldier packs his memor[F#m]ies
As he [G]leaves Afghanistan

[Verse 2]
[Asus4]And back [A]hom[Bm]e,
they don't [F#m]know too much
There's [G]just no way [Asus4]to tell[A]
I [D]guess you had to be [F#m]there
For [G]to know that war was [A]hell

[Verse 3]
And [G]there won't be any
vic[Bm]tory [G]parades
For [D]those that's coming back
[G]The[Bm]y'll fly them in at midnight[F#m]
And un[G]load the body sack[A]s

[Verse 4]
And the [Bm]living will be walk[F#m]ing down
A [G]long and lonely [A]road[F#m][A]
Because [D]nobody seems to
[F#m]care these days
When a [G]soldier [A]makes it home

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
[D]They'll say it wasn't eas[F#m]y
Just [G]another [Asus4]job, well done[A][D]
As the [Bm]government in Ka[F#m]bul falls
To [G]the sounds of rebel guns

[Verse 6]
[Asus4]And the f[A]ace[Bm]s of the comrades[F#m]
Being [G]blown out of [Asus4]the sky[A]
Leaves you [D]bitter with the feel[F#m]ing
That [G]they didn't have [A]to die

[Verse 7]
And [G]there won't be any vic[Bm]tory [G]parades
For [D]those that's coming [G]back
[Bm]They'll fly them in at midnigh[F#m]t
And un[G]load the body sack[A]s

[Verse 8]
And the [Bm]living will be walk[F#m]ing down
A [G]long and lonely [A]road[F#m]
[A]Because [D]nobody seems
[F#m]to care these days
When [G]a soldier [A]makes it home

[Interlude 2]
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[Bm][F#m]
[G][A][Bm][F#m][G][A][F#m][A]
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[Verse 9]
Halfway around the [F#m]world tonight
In a [G]strange an[A]d foreign [D]land
[Bm]A soldier unpacks memor[F#m]ies
That [G]he saved from Vietnam
[A]

[Verse 10]
[Bm]Back home they didn't
know [F#m]too much
There was [G]just no way [Asus4]to tell[A]
[D]I guess you had to be t[F#m]here
For [G]to know that war was [A]hell

[Verse 11]
And [G]there wasn't any big [Bm]parades[G]
For [D]those that made it [G]back[Bm]
They flew them in at mid[F#m]night
And un[G]loaded all [A]the sacks

[Verse 12]
And the [Bm]living were left walk[F#m]ing down
A [G]long and lonely [A]road[F#m]
[A]Because nob[D]ody seemed
to care [F#m]back then
When a [G]soldier [A]made it home

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 13]
[D]The night is coming qui[F#m]ckly
And [G]the stars are [A]on their [D]way
As I [Bm]stare into the even[F#m]ing
Looking [G]for the words [A]to say
[Bm]That

[Verse 14]
I saw the lonely sol[F#m]dier
Just a [G]boy that's far [A]from home
And [D]I saw that I was just [F#m]like him
While [G]upon this earth I [A]roam

[Verse 15]
And [G]there may not be any [Bm]big p[G]arades
If [D]I ever make it back
[G]As I come hom[Bm]e under cover[F#m]
Through a [G]world that can't keep [A]track

[Verse 16]
Of [Bm]the heroes who have [F#m]fallen
Let [G]alone the ones who [A]won't[F#m]
[A]Which is [D]why nobody seem
[F#m]s to care
When a [G]soldier [A]makes it

[Outro 1]
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