Ab7+ 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.
Ab7+ 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
Gmºn
Bb Bb7 Gm
May a blow land
Ab Ab7+ Cm
where you'll feel it.
Ab Gm Fm
May your fire spread
Gb7+ Ebm Db
through the coal-sewn fields.
Ab7+ 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.
Ab7+ 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 Ab7+ Cm
where he'll see it.
Ab Gm Fm
May your fear spread
Gb7+ Bbm
through the tear-stained shores.
Bridge: Only start to play chords when the bass comes in
BbmE
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."
Ab7+ 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
Ab7+ G Gb
condemn, condone,
Am Fm Ab Eb Ab
or dismiss what we haven't done,
Eb Am
and he's out of salt.
Fm Cm Ab Eb D
Bb Bb7 Gm
Lay a flare down
Ab Ab7+ Cm
by your dull pain.
Ab Gm Fm
May he show up
Gb7+
or may you move on.
Ebm Gb7+
He will show up, he will show up
Ebm G7+ Db
or you will move on, you will move on.
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