WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Arlo Guthrie - When A Soldier Makes It Home Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
C C F F
C F G C
G Am Am G
G C C C
C F F C
[Verse 1]
C
Halfway around the world tonight
C F G C
In a strange and foreign land
C Am Em
A soldier packs his memories
Em F C
As he leaves Afghanistan
Am Em
And back home they don't know too much
F C
There's just no way to tell
C Em
I guess you had to be there
Em F G
For to know that war was hell
[Chorus]
C Am
And there won't be any victory parades
Am F G
For those that's coming back
Em
They'll fly them in at midnight
Em F G
And unload the body sacks
C Am
And the living will be walking down
F C
A long and lonely road
C Am C
Because nobody seems to care these days
C G C
When a soldier makes it home
[Instrumental]
C C G G C
[Verse 2]
C Em
They'll say it wasn't easy
Em F C
Just another job well done
C Em
As the government in Kabul falls
Em F G
To the sounds of rebel guns
Am C
And the faces of the comrades
C F C
Being blown out of the sky
Am C
Leaves you bitter with the feeling
C F C
That they didn't have to die
[Chorus]
C Am
And there won't be any victory parades
Am F G
For those that's coming back
Em
They'll fly them in at midnight
Em F G
And unload the body sacks
C Am
And the living will be walking down
F C
A long and lonely road
C Am C
Because nobody seems to care these days
C G C
When a soldier makes it home
[Verse 3]
C Am
Halfway around the world tonight
Am Em F C
In a strange and foreign land
C Am
A soldier unpacks memories
Am F G
That he saved from Vietnam
C Am
Back home they didn't know too much
F Em
There was just no way to tell
F C
I guess you had to be there
Em F C
For to know that war was hell
[Chorus]
G C Em
And there wasn't any big parades
Em F C
For those that made it back
C Em
They flew them in at midnight
Em F G
And unloaded all the sacks
G F C
And the living were left walking down
Em F G C
A long and lonely road
C Am
Because nobody seemed to care back then
Em F G C
When a soldier made it home
