{"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":2113319,"song":"Welcome Home","artist":"Dolly Parton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2113319-welcome-home-chords-by-dolly-parton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2113319?type=chord","rating":0.10311,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith great anticipation he waited at the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis only son was due from overseas[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor months now he?d been waiting since he?d gone off to war[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd his eyes were filled with tears of great relief[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome home son his loving arms held open and his heart so full of love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome home son I?ve been praying and been hoping and I never did give up[/tab]\r\n\r\nI knew that you?d return to me the place where you were meant to be\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRest now for you?ve been gone too long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI heard him say as they embraced I?ve waited so long for this day[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy son my very own welcome home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut a dreary rain was falling while another soldier fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a mother wakes up crying in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe thought she?d heard him calling in that moment she could tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer only son had passed into the light[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome home son his loving arms held open and his heart so full of love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome home son as Jesus stood there glowing their hands reached out and touched[/tab]\r\n\r\nI knew that you?d return to me the place that you were meant to be\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRest now for you?ve been gone too long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs they embraced I heard him say I?ve waited so long for this day[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy son my very own welcome home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I think of all the families that?ve lost a darling one[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I think how Jesus died for all our sins[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I think how much God loved us to send His only Son[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo live and die and then to live again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome home Son I hear God saying when they nail Christ to the cross that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome home Son and when He sent His angels to roll that stone away[/tab]\r\n\r\nI knew that you?d return to me the place where you were meant to be\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRest now for you?ve been gone too long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI hear God say as they embrace I?ve waited so long for this day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell done my faithful Son welcome home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome home I hope to hear God saying when it?s my time to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome home while the angel band is playing and God comes to claim my soul[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe angels will be singing and joy bells will be ringing\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRejoicing I?ll shout and sing along[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen there are no more wars to fight and we?re all children of the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the Father and the Son say welcome home[/tab]","plain_text":"I knew that you?d return to me the place where you were meant to be\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI knew that you?d return to me the place that you were meant to be\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI knew that you?d return to me the place where you were meant to be\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe angels will be singing and joy bells will be ringing","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}