Silent Homecoming chords by Ringo Starr

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
| D MajorD D7sus4D7sus4 | D5D5 D7sus4D7sus4 |
| D MajorD D7sus4D7sus4 | D5D5 D7sus4D7sus4 |


Verse 1:

D MajorD       D7sus4D7sus4     | D5D5 D7sus4D7sus4 |
Patiently she stares down the runway

 D MajorD         D7sus4D7sus4   | D5D5 D7sus4D7sus4 |
Today's the day that he is coming home

D MajorD      D7sus4D7sus4     | D5D5   D7sus4D7sus4 |
 Seems like he's been gone a life time

   D MajorD       D7sus4D7sus4     | D5D5  D MajorD |
And a life time is a long time to be gone

Bridge:

A augmentedA               D MajorD
 But there are songs that need singing

A7A7                 D MajorD
 And there are things that must be done

FF     Fsus4Fsus4          FF    Fsus4Fsus4
 There are thoughts that still need thinking

FF       Fsus4Fsus4      | Asus4Asus4 | A augmentedA |
 And there are wars that must be won   (break)


Verse 2:

D MajorD       D7sus4D7sus4       D5D5     D7sus4D7sus4
He was just a boy when they sent for him

  D MajorD        D7sus4D7sus4   D5D5  D7sus4D7sus4
And overnight turned him into a man

D MajorD    D7sus4D7sus4      | D5D5   D7sus4D7sus4 |
 Proudly he had served his country

   D MajorD       D7sus4D7sus4   | D5D5  D MajorD |
In a war he didn't seem to understand


Bridge:

A augmentedA                 D MajorD
 The flag still waves, his war is over

A7A7             D MajorD
 He'll never have to kill again

FF     Fsus4Fsus4        FF   Fsus4Fsus4
 And as she waits, she thinks it over

  FF        Fsus4Fsus4    | Asus4Asus4 | A augmentedA |
Is winning worth the prize we pay to win?  (break)

Verse 3:

D MajorD         D7sus4D7sus4     | D5D5   D7sus4D7sus4 |
 Her thoughts keep wandering to his childhood

   D MajorD      D7sus4D7sus4       | D5D5   D7sus4D7sus4 |
When all his hand grenades were merely toys

   D MajorD        D7sus4D7sus4     | D5D5   D7sus4D7sus4 |
And "war" was just a game that he was playing

   D MajorD         D7sus4D7sus4   | D5D5  D MajorD |
With plastic guns like other little boys


Bridge:

A augmentedA              D MajorD
 And ev'ry day when play was over

A7A7             D MajorD
 He'd put his little toys away

FF      Fsus4Fsus4      FF    Fsus4Fsus4
 And she'd be standing, waiting for him

FF       Fsus4Fsus4    | Asus4Asus4 | A augmentedA |
 The way she's waiting here today   (break)


Verse 4:

D MajorD    D7sus4D7sus4        | D5D5   D7sus4D7sus4 |
 As the plane stops she starts thinking

   D MajorD         D7sus4D7sus4   | D5D5   D7sus4D7sus4 |
Will he still look the way he did before?

D MajorD          D7sus4D7sus4      | D5D5   D7sus4D7sus4 |
 Or will his eyes reflect the pain of killing

   D MajorD          D7sus4D7sus4       | D5D5  D MajorD |
Like most young men when they come home from war?


Bridge:

A augmentedA                 D MajorD
 These last few minutes seem like hours

A7A7             D MajorD
 She tries her best not to cry

FF        Fsus4Fsus4        FF    Fsus4Fsus4
 But there's that hearse filled up with flowers

FF   Fsus4Fsus4    | Asus4Asus4 | A augmentedA |
 Did he really have to die?


Outro:

| D MajorD D7sus4D7sus4 | D5D5 D7sus4D7sus4 |
No, no, no, no - no, no, no, no, no

| D MajorD D7sus4D7sus4 | D5D5 D7sus4D7sus4 |
No, no, no - no, no
(repeat and fade)