Chords with lyrics
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