Welcome Home chords by Dolly Parton

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	 he waited at the door

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His only son was due from overseas

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For months now he'd been waiting since he'd gone off to war

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And his eyes were filled with tears of great relief


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Welcome home son his loving arms held open and his heart so full of love

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Welcome home son I've been praying and been hoping and I never did give up


I knew that you'd return to me the place where you were meant to be
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Rest now for you've been gone too long

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I heard him say as they embraced I've waited so long for this day

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My son my very own welcome home


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But a dreary rain was falling while another soldier fell

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And a mother wakes up crying in the night

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She thought she'd heard him calling in that moment she could tell

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Her only son had passed into the light


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Welcome home son his loving arms held open and his heart so full of love

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Welcome home son as Jesus stood there glowing their hands reached out and touched


I knew that you'd return to me the place that you were meant to be
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Rest now for you've been gone too long

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As they embraced I heard him say I've waited so long for this day

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My son my very own welcome home


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Now I think of all the families that?ve lost a darling one

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And I think how Jesus died for all our sins

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And I think how much God loved us to send His only Son

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To live and die and then to live again


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Welcome home Son I hear God saying when they nail Christ to the cross that day

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Welcome home Son and when He sent His angels to roll that stone away


I knew that you'd return to me the place where you were meant to be
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Rest now for you've been gone too long

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I hear God say as they embrace I've waited so long for this day

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Well done my faithful Son welcome home


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Welcome home I hope to hear God saying when it's my time to go

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Welcome home while the angel band is playing and God comes to claim my soul


The angels will be singing and joy bells will be ringing
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Rejoicing I'll shout and sing along

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When there are no more wars to fight and we're all children of the light

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When the Father and the Son say welcome home