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Capo: 6 Tuning: E A D G B E
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Silent Homecoming – The Beatles --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Sorrells Pickard From: “Beaucoups of Blues” (1970) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Capo 6th fret Play: D Key: G#/Ab For more bottom end: transpose +5 and play with capo 1st fret (but that's not the way the guitar sounds on the recording) For chords in original key transpose +6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] / [Verse]
D1 + 2 + D7sus43 + 4 + D51 + 2 + D7sus43 + 4 + e|7-------8-------|10------8-------| B|8-------6-------|8-------6-------| G|7-------7-------|7-------7-------| D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------| A|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS transpose: - transpose: +5 capo: 6th fret capo: 1st fret E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e D x-x-0-2-3-2 G 3-x-0-0-0-3 D7sus4 x-x-0-2-1-3 G7sus4 3-x-0-0-1-1 D5 x-x-0-2-3-5 G5 3-x-0-0-3-3 A x-0-2-2-2-0 D x-x-0-2-3-2 A7 x-0-2-2-2-3 D7 x-x-0-2-1-2 F 1-3-3-2-1-1 Bb x-1-3-3-3-1 Fsus4 1-3-3-3-1-1 Bbsus4 x-1-3-3-4-1 Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-0 Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [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 But there are songs that need Dsinging A7 And there are things that must be Ddone F There areFsus4 thoughts that still neeFd thinkinFsus4g F Fsus4 | Asus4 | A | And there are wars that must be won (break)
[Verse 2]
DHe was just a D7sus4boy when they sent D5for him D7sus4 And Dovernight turned D7sus4him into a D5man D7sus4 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 The flag still waves, his war is Dover A7 He'll never have to kill aDgain F And as sheFsus4 waits, she thinks iFt overFsus4 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 And ev'ry day when play was Dover A7 He'd put his little toys aDway F And she'd beFsus4 standing, waitinFg for hiFsus4m 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 These last few minutes seem like Dhours A7 She tries her best not to Dcry F But there's thatFsus4 hearse filled up witFh flowerFsus4s 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)