{"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":2849183,"song":"Silent Homecoming","artist":"Ringo Starr","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11644772-silent-homecoming-chords-by-ringo-starr/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2849183?type=chord","rating":0.10778,"votes":0,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nWritten by: Sorrells Pickard\r\nFrom: “Beaucoups of Blues” (1970)\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nCapo 6th fret\r\nPlay: D\r\nKey: G#/Ab\r\n\r\nFor more bottom end: transpose +5 and play with capo 1st fret (but that's \r\nFor chords in original key transpose +6 \r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro] / [Verse]\r\n  D       D7sus4   D5      D7sus4\r\n  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +\r\ne|7-------8-------|10------8-------|\r\nB|8-------6-------|8-------6-------|\r\nG|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|\r\nD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nCHORDS\r\n\r\n[tab]transpose: -             transpose: +5\r\ncapo: 6th fret           capo: 1st fret\r\n       E-A-D-G-B-e               E-A-D-G-B-e\r\nD      x-x-0-2-3-2       G       3-x-0-0-0-3\r\nD7sus4 x-x-0-2-1-3       G7sus4  3-x-0-0-1-1\r\nD5     x-x-0-2-3-5       G5      3-x-0-0-3-3\r\nA      x-0-2-2-2-0       D       x-x-0-2-3-2\r\nA7     x-0-2-2-2-3       D7      x-x-0-2-1-2\r\nF      1-3-3-2-1-1       Bb      x-1-3-3-3-1\r\nFsus4  1-3-3-3-1-1       Bbsus4  x-1-3-3-4-1\r\nAsus4  x-0-2-2-3-0       Dsus4   x-x-0-2-3-3[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7sus4[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7sus4[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7sus4[/ch]          | [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\nPatiently she stares down the runway[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D7sus4[/ch]      | [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\nToday's the day that he is coming home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D7sus4[/ch]          | [ch]D5[/ch]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\n Seems like he's been gone a life time[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D7sus4[/ch]         | [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] |\r\nAnd a life time is a long time to be gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n But there are songs that need singing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And there are things that must be done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\n There are thoughts that still need thinking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Fsus4[/ch]           |  [ch]Asus4[/ch]  |  [ch]A[/ch]  |\r\n And there are wars that must be won      (break)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7sus4[/ch]             [ch]D5[/ch]         [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nHe was just a boy when they sent for him[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]D7sus4[/ch]     [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nAnd overnight turned him into a man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D7sus4[/ch]           | [ch]D5[/ch]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\n Proudly he had served his country[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7sus4[/ch]      | [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] |\r\nIn a war he didn't seem to understand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The flag still waves, his war is over[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n He'll never have to kill again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Fsus4[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\n And as she waits, she thinks it over[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Fsus4[/ch]        |  [ch]Asus4[/ch]  |  [ch]A[/ch]  |\r\nIs winning worth the prize we pay to win?    (break)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D7sus4[/ch]          | [ch]D5[/ch]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\n Her thoughts keep wandering to his childhood[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D7sus4[/ch]              | [ch]D5[/ch]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\nWhen all his hand grenades were merely toys[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D7sus4[/ch]          | [ch]D5[/ch]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\nAnd \"war\" was just a game that he was playing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D7sus4[/ch]      | [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] |\r\nWith plastic guns like other little boys[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And ev'ry day when play was over[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n He'd put his little toys away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Fsus4[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\n And she'd be standing, waiting for him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Fsus4[/ch]       |  [ch]Asus4[/ch]  |  [ch]A[/ch]  |\r\n The way she's waiting here today      (break)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]                | [ch]D5[/ch]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\n As the plane stops she starts thinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D7sus4[/ch]     | [ch]D5[/ch]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\nWill he still look the way he did before?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]D7sus4[/ch]           | [ch]D5[/ch]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\n Or will his eyes reflect the pain of killing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]D7sus4[/ch]             | [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] |\r\nLike most young men when they come home from war?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n These last few minutes seem like hours[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n She tries her best not to cry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Fsus4[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\n But there's that hearse filled up with flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Fsus4[/ch]       |  [ch]Asus4[/ch]  |  [ch]A[/ch]  |\r\n Did he really have to die?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]| [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7sus4[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\nNo, no, no, no - no, no, no, no, no[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7sus4[/ch] | [ch]D5[/ch] [ch]D7sus4[/ch] |\r\nNo, no, no - no, no[/tab]\r\n(repeat and fade)","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWritten by: Sorrells Pickard\nFrom: “Beaucoups of Blues” (1970)\n\nTuning: Standard\n\nCapo 6th fret\nPlay: D\nKey: G#/Ab\n\nFor more bottom end: transpose +5 and play with capo 1st fret (but that's \nFor chords in original key transpose +6 \n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCHORDS\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[Intro]\n| D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |\n| D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n(repeat and fade)","chords":["D","G#/Ab","B","G","A","E","A7","D7","F","Bb","Fsus4","Bbsus4","Asus4","Dsus4","D7sus4","D5"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,3]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}