{"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":1847480,"song":"Tommys Coming Home","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11409320-tommys-coming-home-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1847480?type=chord","rating":0.17953,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe was counting out the window of the outbound train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the poles of the telegraph[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the rock-a-bye rhythm in the song of the rails[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCouldn't make the sweeper laugh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDown down down so deep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDown down drowning in his sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTommy's coming home again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a hawk hovered high above a skinny jackrabbit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPursued by a hungry fox[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a broker awoke her from a fitful slumber[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen consulted his shares and his stocks[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDown down down they go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDown down how he'll never know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTommy's coming home again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it's almost April Fools' Day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]                        \r\nAs he glanced on his paper looking through the veil [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe could see she was really upset[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs she tucked back the ribbon in a velvet box[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs he offered her a cigarette[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDown down down she took a drag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow he's covered in a flag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTommy's coming home again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it's almost April Fools' Day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlmost April Fools' Day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the joke's on everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe had that premonition[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnly dead men dwell upon[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut how could he know that only twelve months later[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe would wear her skirt up over her knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd in the very same carriage she'd be flattened with roses[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd forget the tears of bigotry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDown down down they flow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow now now it just don't matter anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTommy made it home again[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen it was almost April Fools' Day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlmost April Fools' Day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the joke's on everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe had that premonition[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnly dead men dwell upon[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTommy's coming home again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTommy's coming home again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTommy's coming home[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","Am","G","Bm","D","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}