When A Soldier Makes It Home chords by Arlo Guthrie

From: Arlo Guthrie

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


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

Chorus:

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


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


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


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

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

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

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