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