Key: E
Introduction:
Ab7M G Gb
Welcome home
Am Fm Ab Eb Ab
if home it is and well you come
Eb Am Fm Cm Fm CmEm
we've seen the smoke and smelled the fumes.
Ab7M G Gb
You went for broke,
Am Fm Ab Eb Ab
then under over a couple bucks,
Eb Am Fm Cm Ab Eb D
threw down the yoke and put up your dukes.
Chorus: (these are all sung separate of one another but are held in one long harmony so
Bb Bb7 Gm
May a blow land
Ab Ab7M Cm
where you'll feel it.
Ab Gm Fm
May your fire spread
Gb7M Ebm Db
through the coal-sewn fields.
Ab7M G Gb
Fare thee well,
Am Fm Ab Eb Ab
in a welfare line or thy father's will.
Eb Am Fm Cm Fm CmEm
Don't kill us and we'll go your bail.
Ab7M G Gb
You hit and held
Am Fm Ab Eb Ab
and folded, "enthralled isn't thrilled,"
Eb Am Fm Cm Ab Eb D
you said, "grow up," and away you sailed.
Bb Bb7 Gm
May the blow land
Ab Ab7M Cm
where he'll see it.
Ab Gm Fm
May your fear spread
Gb7M Bbm
through the tear-stained shores.
Bridge: Only start to play chords when the bass comes in
Bbm E
Saying, "I never knew you."
Bbm E Dbm
Saying, "I never knew you."
E Dbm
"I never knew you."
E Dbm
"I never knew you."
E GE Dbm
"I never knew you."
Ab7M G Gb
Welcome home
Am Fm Ab Eb Ab
if home it is and well you come
Eb Am Fm Cm FmEm Cm
'cause fear and fire can't consume
Ab7M G Gb
condemn, condone,
Am Fm Ab Eb Ab
or dismiss what we haven't done,
Eb Am
and he's out of salt.
Bb Bb7 Gm
Lay a flare down
Ab Ab7M Cm
by your dull pain.
Ab Gm Fm
May he show up
Gb7M
or may you move on.
Ebm Gb7M
He will show up, he will show up
Ebm G7M Db
or you will move on, you will move on.
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