Silent Homecoming chords by Ringo Starr

Intro:
| D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
| D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |


Verse 1:

D             D7sus4          | D5  D7sus4 |
Patiently she stares down the runway

  D                  D7sus4      | D5  D7sus4 |
Today's the day that he is coming home

D           D7sus4          | D5      D7sus4 |
 Seems like he's been gone a life time

      D              D7sus4         | D5    D |
And a life time is a long time to be gone


Bridge:

A                              D
 But there are songs that need singing

A7                                 D
 And there are things that must be done

F         Fsus4                   F        Fsus4
 There are thoughts that still need thinking

F             Fsus4           |  Asus4  |  A  |
 And there are wars that must be won      (break)


Verse 2:

D             D7sus4             D5         D7sus4
He was just a boy when they sent for him

    D                D7sus4     D5    D7sus4
And overnight turned him into a man

D        D7sus4           | D5      D7sus4 |
 Proudly he had served his country

     D             D7sus4      | D5    D |
In a war he didn't seem to understand


Bridge:

A                                 D
 The flag still waves, his war is over

A7                         D
 He'll never have to kill again

F          Fsus4               F     Fsus4
 And as she waits, she thinks it over

   F                Fsus4        |  Asus4  |  A  |
Is winning worth the prize we pay to win?    (break)


Verse 3:

D                  D7sus4          | D5      D7sus4 |
 Her thoughts keep wandering to his childhood

     D            D7sus4              | D5      D7sus4 |
When all his hand grenades were merely toys

     D               D7sus4          | D5      D7sus4 |
And "war" was just a game that he was playing

     D                 D7sus4      | D5    D |
With plastic guns like other little boys


Bridge:

A                            D
 And ev'ry day when play was over

A7                         D
 He'd put his little toys away

F            Fsus4            F       Fsus4
 And she'd be standing, waiting for him

F             Fsus4       |  Asus4  |  A  |
 The way she's waiting here today      (break)


Verse 4:

D       D7sus4                | D5      D7sus4 |
 As the plane stops she starts thinking

     D                 D7sus4     | D5      D7sus4 |
Will he still look the way he did before?

D                   D7sus4           | D5      D7sus4 |
 Or will his eyes reflect the pain of killing

     D                   D7sus4             | D5    D |
Like most young men when they come home from war?


Bridge:

A                                 D
 These last few minutes seem like hours

A7                         D
 She tries her best not to cry

F                Fsus4                F       Fsus4
 But there's that hearse filled up with flowers

F      Fsus4       |  Asus4  |  A  |
 Did he really have to die?


Outro:

| D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
No, no, no, no - no, no, no, no, no

| D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
No, no, no - no, no
(repeat and fade)