Hometown Battlefield chords by J.p. Cormier

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G  D  G  C  A

   G                                 D
He got home from the service, as the spring began its turn
G           Em      Bm
Twelve long months away
   G                              D
He folded up his uniform with the medals tucked inside
        G            A
Started living for today

        G                               D
But the present could not find him, nor could his wife and kids
       G         Em     Bm
He was there but he was gone
G                           D
Soon his only comfort was a bottle and his gun
          G                  A
Something right that went so wrong

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

Break:
  G     D     Em  G  C  G     A     A

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

G                                  D
All his memories live there in the space below his knees
G         Em     Bm
Back when he was whole
         G                 D
But that IED didn't just relieve him of his legs
   G              A
It blew apart his soul

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

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


     G                                  D
So I remember what they've given when I see my flag unfurled
G     Em         Bm
Free against the sky
        G                                  D
And the way we seem to lose them when they get back to the world
    G               A
Can someone tell me why

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

Outro:
G  D  G  A  D