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When A Soldier Makes It Home chords by Arlo Guthrie

Chords with lyrics

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


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

Chorus:

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


Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramE minorEm
They'll say it wasn't easy
     Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC
Just another job well done
  Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramE minorEm
As the government in Kabul falls
      Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramG+G
To the sounds of rebel guns
    Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramE minorEm
And the faces of the comrades
        Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
Being blown out of the sky
  Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramE minorEm
Leaves you bitter with the feeling
        Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
That they didn't have to die
        Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramFF
And there won't be any victory parades
    Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramFF
For those that's coming back
         Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramE minorEm
They'll fly them in at midnight
      Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramG+G
And unload the body sacks
         Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramE minorEm
And the living will be walking down
  Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA long and lonely road
        Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramE minorEm
Because nobody seems to care these days
       Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
When a soldier makes it home


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

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

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

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

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