Ringo Starr – Silent Homecoming chords

[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         D7sus4He was just a boy when they sent for him
    D                D7sus4     D5    D7sus4And 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)