When A Soldier Makes It Home chords by Arlo Guthrie

Chords with lyrics

From: Arlo Guthrie

Capoed up on the 2nd fret. I left out the
suspensions etc... It's more or less like this:


C majorC         E minorEm
Halfway around the world tonight
   FF      G+G    C majorC
In a strange and foreign land
 A minorAm        E minorEm
A augmentedA soldier packs his memories
   FF       G+G
As he leaves Afghanistan
  A minorAm          E minorEm
And back home they don't know too much
    FF       G+G
There's just no way to tell
 C majorC        E minorEm
I guess you had to be there
    FF         G+G
For to know that war was hell

Chorus:

    FF      A minorAm    FF
And there won't be any victory parades
  C majorC          FF
For those that's coming back
    A minorAm       E minorEm
They'll fly them in at midnight
   FF       G+G
And unload the body sacks
     A minorAm      E minorEm
And the living will be walking down
 FF        G+G
A augmentedA long and lonely road
    C majorC        E minorEm
Because nobody seems to care these days
    FF    G+G    C majorC
When a soldier makes it home


C majorC         E minorEm
They'll say it wasn't easy
   FF      G+G    C majorC
Just another job well done
 A minorAm        E minorEm
As the government in Kabul falls
   FF       G+G
To the sounds of rebel guns
  A minorAm          E minorEm
And the faces of the comrades
    FF       G+G
Being blown out of the sky
 C majorC        E minorEm
Leaves you bitter with the feeling
    FF       G+G
That they didn't have to die

    FF      A minorAm    FF
And there won't be any victory parades
  C majorC          FF
For those that's coming back
     A minorAm       E minorEm
They'll fly them in at midnight
   FF       G+G
And unload the body sacks
     A minorAm      E minorEm
And the living will be walking down
 FF        G+G
A augmentedA long and lonely road
    C majorC        E minorEm
Because nobody seems to care these days
    FF    G+G    C majorC
When a soldier makes it home


C majorC         E minorEm
Halfway around the world tonight
   FF      G+G    C majorC
In a strange and foreign land
 A minorAm        E minorEm
A augmentedA soldier unpacks memories
   FF       G+G
That he saved from Vietnam
  A minorAm          E minorEm
Back home they didn't know too much
    FF       G+G
There was just no way to tell
 C majorC        E minorEm
I guess you had to be there
    FF       G+G
For to know that war was hell

    FF      A minorAm    FF
And there wasn't any big parades
  C majorC          FF
For those that made it back
     A minorAm       E minorEm
They flew them in at midnight
   FF       G+G
And unloaded all the sacks
     A minorAm      E minorEm
And the living were left walking down
 FF        G+G
A augmentedA long and lonely road
    C majorC        E minorEm
Because nobody seemed to care back then
    FF    G+G    C majorC
When a soldier made it home

C majorC         E minorEm
The night is coming quickly
   FF      G+G    C majorC
And the stars are on their way
 A minorAm        E minorEm
As I stare into the evening
   FF       G+G
Looking for the words to say
  A minorAm          E minorEm
That I saw the lonely soldier
    FF       G+G
Just a boy that's far from home
 C majorC        E minorEm
And I saw that I was just like him
    FF       G+G
While upon this earth I roam

    FF      A minorAm    FF
And there may not be any big parades
  C majorC          FF
If I ever make it back
     A minorAm       E minorEm
As I come home under cover
   FF       G+G
Through a world that can't keep track
     A minorAm      E minorEm
Of the heroes who have fallen
 FF        G+G
Let alone the ones who won't
    C majorC        E minorEm
Which is why nobody seems to care
    FF    G+G    C majorC
When a soldier makes it home