{"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":2346449,"song":"Hometown Battlefield","artist":"J.P. Cormier","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11485936-hometown-battlefield-chords-by-j-p-cormier/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2346449?type=chord","rating":4.86959,"votes":14,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe got home from the service, as the spring began its turn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTwelve long months away[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe folded up his uniform with the medals tucked inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStarted living for today[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the present could not find him, nor could his wife and kids[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe was there but he was gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSoon his only comfort was a bottle and his gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSomething right that went so wrong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the silence keeps on coming as the movie plays again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can smell that yellow dust and death hanging on the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we thought the war was over but the headlines do reveal[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat another soldier died today on the hometown battlefield[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe sits outside the courthouse with his pant legs tucked away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd no one knows his name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne wrong step there in the sand put him where he is today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne more just the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll his memories live there in the space below his knees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBack when he was whole[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut that IED didn't just relieve him of his legs[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt blew apart his soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the silence keeps on coming as the movie plays again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can smell that yellow dust and death flying) on the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we thought the war was over but the headlines do reveal[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat another soldier died today on the hometown battlefield[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you're wearing loafers, you ain't walked the burning sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you ain't never had to shoot another livin' man[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt don't matter if we won, it don't matter if we lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey were following their orders, no matter the cost[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I remember what they've given when I see my flag unfurled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFree against the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the way we seem to lose them when they get back to the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCan someone tell me why[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the silence keeps on coming as the movie plays again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can smell that yellow dust and death hanging on the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we thought the war was over but the headlines do reveal[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat another soldier died today on the hometown battlefield[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYes we pray the war is over but the headlines do reveal[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat another soldier died today on the hometown battlefield[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG  D  G  C  A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n  G     D     Em  G  C  G     A     A\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG  D  G  A  D","chords":["G","D","C","A","Em","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}