Hometown Battlefield chords by J.p. Cormier

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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