Bandstand - Welcome Home Finale chords by Misc Musicals

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
F7
Johnny made it home.
Bbm/F
Most of him at least.
E7      Eb7
Had three operations,
    Bb/D
but the pain has not decreased.
F7            Bbm/F
Nick learned to survive, means you never trust
E7        Eb7        Bb/D
Once you see the worst in man then how do you adjust?
F7         Bbm
Davy cracks a joke, claims to be alright.
A7        Db/Ab    Eb/G     Gb
Drinks a fifth of vodka in his kitchen every night.
Ab/Gb  Ab
And I stand here trying,
   F/A         Bbm        Eb/G   F7/A    C7sus4
Like Mother Mary with my private burden of grief to carry.

    Dm   Bb
Welcome home my boys
Bb/C  F    C/E
Welcome home my sons
    Dm   Bb   Bb/C
Welcome home my husband
    F    C/E
Welcome home my love
    Dm   Gm/Bb
Welcome home
C7   F   Gm7
welcome home
C    F   F7
Welcome home

Verse 2:
F7          Bbm/F
Wayne is never free, schedules out his day
E7      Eb7      Bb/D
Filling every minute just to keep the ghosts away
F7         Bbm/F
He could never get back the life he had,
A7         Db/Ab      Eb/G      Gb
Faced with raising kids who did not recognize their dad
F7             Gbmaj7
Jimmy made it back to town four months ago
F7                  E7   F7
Lives to tell of things no one could bear to know
F7                Gbmaj7
Keeps his guard up now a lot goes undiscussed
F7             E   F7      C7
Focuses on fighting what he finds unjust


  C7sus4  Dm   Bb
Welcome   home my boys
Bb/C  F    C/E
Welcome home my sons
    Dm   Bb    Bb/C
Welcome home my husband
    F    C/E
Welcome home my love
    Dm  Gm/Bb
Welcome home
C7   F   Gm7
welcome home
C    F   F7
Welcome home

Bridge:
G7          Cm
Donny does his best, trying to pretend
B7       Eb/Bb      F/A      Abmaj7
What he doesn t talk about won t matter in the end.
B7                Ab6/G
Donny made it home but thinks it wasn t fair
G7               Ab6/G
How he made it out but left his buddy there
G7               Ab6
Donny doesn t sleep because the nightmares come
G7
Donny wants an answer
   G7/F
Donny looks for absolution
    Cm/Eb            F/Gb   G7
And I'd give up anything if I could give him some
   Bb           G/B
And I stand here helpless, my arms extended
    Cm            F/A    G7/B
Knowing full well, darling, your war s not ended


    Dm  Bb  Bb/C   F   C/E
Welcome home
    Dm   Bb
Welcome home my husband
Bb/C  F    C/E
Welcome home my love
    Dm   Gm/Bb
Welcome home
C7   F    Gm7add4
welcome home
Gm7/D  Ebm   B
Welcome home my boys
B/Db  Gb   Db/F
Welcome home my sons
    Ebm   B
Welcome home my husband
    Gb   Db/F
Welcome home my love
    Ebm   Abm/B
Welcome home
Db7   Gb    Abm7   Db
Welcome home

Gb   G    Ab    A

B  B  D    Bb/A   Gaug/A
Wel come home