Hometown Battlefield chords by J.p. Cormier

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice


Intro:
G+G  D MajorD  G+G  C majorC  A augmentedA

   G+G                                 D MajorD
He got home from the service, as the spring began its turn
G+G           E minorEm      B minorBm
Twelve long months away
   G+G                              D MajorD
He folded up his uniform with the medals tucked inside
        G+G            A augmentedA
Started living for today

        G+G                               D MajorD
But the present could not find him, nor could his wife and kids
       G+G         E minorEm     B minorBm
He was there but he was gone
G+G                           D MajorD
Soon his only comfort was a bottle and his gun
          G+G                  A augmentedA
Something right that went so wrong


Chorus:
        B minorBm               G+G             D MajorD
And the silence keeps on coming as the movie plays again
        B minorBm                G+G              D MajorD              A augmentedA
You can smell that yellow dust and death hanging on the wind
       B minorBm                  G+G            D MajorD            A augmentedA
And we thought the war was over but the headlines do reveal
     D MajorD                                 A augmentedA              D MajorD          D MajorD
That another soldier died today on the hometown battlefield


Break:
  G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm  G+G  C majorC  G+G     A augmentedA     A augmentedA


Verse:
   G+G                                    D MajorD
He sits outside the courthouse with his pant legs tucked away
    G+G      E minorEm        B minorBm
And no one knows his name
G+G                                        D MajorD
One wrong step there in the sand put him where he is today
G+G                 A augmentedA
One more just the same

G+G                                  D MajorD
All his memories live there in the space below his knees
G+G         E minorEm     B minorBm
Back when he was whole
         G+G                 D MajorD
But that IED didn't just relieve him of his legs
   G+G              A augmentedA
It blew apart his soul

Chorus:
        B minorBm               G+G             D MajorD
And the silence keeps on coming as the movie plays again
        B minorBm                G+G              D MajorD              A augmentedA
You can smell that yellow dust and death flying) on the wind
       B minorBm                  G+G            D MajorD            A augmentedA
And we thought the war was over but the headlines do reveal
     D MajorD                                 A augmentedA              D MajorD          D MajorD     D MajorD
That another soldier died today on the hometown battlefield


Verse:
A augmentedA                                    G+G                  D MajorD
If you're wearing loafers, you ain't walked the burning sand
    A augmentedA                            G+G              D MajorD
And you ain't never had to shoot another livin' man
         E minorEm           D MajorD             G+G            D MajorD
It don't matter if we won, it don't matter if we lost
          E minorEm              D MajorD          G+G          A augmentedA      A augmentedA
They were following their orders, no matter the cost


     G+G                                  D MajorD
So I remember what they've given when I see my flag unfurled
G+G     E minorEm         B minorBm
Free against the sky
        G+G                                  D MajorD
And the way we seem to lose them when they get back to the world
    G+G               A augmentedA
Can someone tell me why


Chorus:
        B minorBm               G+G             D MajorD
And the silence keeps on coming as the movie plays again
        B minorBm                G+G              D MajorD              A augmentedA
You can smell that yellow dust and death hanging on the wind
       B minorBm                  G+G            D MajorD            A augmentedA
And we thought the war was over but the headlines do reveal
     D MajorD                                 A augmentedA              D MajorD          D MajorD
That another soldier died today on the hometown battlefield
       B minorBm              G+G            D MajorD            A augmentedA
Yes we pray the war is over but the headlines do reveal
     D MajorD                                 A augmentedA              D MajorD          D MajorD
That another soldier died today on the hometown battlefield


Outro:
G+G  D MajorD  G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD