{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1070488,"song":"Homecoming","artist":"Vienna Teng","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11236960-homecoming-chords-by-vienna-teng/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1070488?type=chord","rating":4.92449,"votes":4,"content":"Homecoming (Walter's Song)\r\nVienna Teng\r\n(Warm Strangers – 2004)\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\n [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n It's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat I was born in North Carolina, not an hour from her home town[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nAnd there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere my days are strips of highway, and she's wiping tables down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHolding on and still waiting for that windfall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I...'ve come home[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEven though I've never had so far to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B/D#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI...'ve come ho.............me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHead across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell the night eats up my body heat, and there's no sign of another[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I find myself slipping down into that black[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n But things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI've got a whole congregation living in my head these days[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm preaching from the pulpit to cries of \"Amen brother\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nClosing my eyes to feel the warmth come back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I...'ve come home[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEven though I swear I've never been so alone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B/D#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYet I...'ve come ho.............me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI just want to be living as I'm dying, just like everybody here[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't know where I'm driving to, but I know I'm getting old[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd there's a blessing in every moment every mile[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nThin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOld Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying \"Go on open up\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell I'll kneel down on the carpet here, though I never was sure of God[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThink tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI switch off the lights and imagine that a waitress outlined in the bed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHer hair falling all around me, I smile and shake my head[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell we all write our own endings, and we all have our own scars[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut tonight I think I see what it's all about[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause I...'ve come home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOoooooooooooooh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B/D#[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI... I......... I.... I've come home[/tab]","plain_text":"Homecoming (Walter's Song)\nVienna Teng\n(Warm Strangers – 2004)\n\n\nIntro: E A E \n B A E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE A E\nB A E","chords":["E","A","B","G#","C#m","F#m","B/D#","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}