Tom: G
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Silent Homecoming – The Beatles
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Written by: Sorrells Pickard
From: “Beaucoups of Blues” (1970)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo 6th fret
Play: D
Key: G#/Ab
For more bottom end: transpose +5 and play with capo 1st fret (but that's
not the way the guitar sounds on the recording)
For chords in original key transpose +6
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[Intro] / [Verse]
D D7sus4 D5 D7sus4
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|7-------8-------| 10------8-------|
B|8-------6-------| 8-------6-------|
G|7-------7-------| 7-------7-------|
D|0-------0-------| 0-------0-------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
transpose: - transpose: +5
capo: 6th fret capo: 1st fret
E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e
D x-x-0-2-3-2 G 3-x-0-0-0-3
D7sus4 x-x-0-2-1-3 G7sus4 3-x-0-0-1-1
D5 x-x-0-2-3-5 G5 3-x-0-0-3-3
A x-0-2-2-2-0 D x-x-0-2-3-2
A7 x-0-2-2-2-3 D7 x-x-0-2-1-2
F 1-3-3-2-1-1 Bb x-1-3-3-3-1
Fsus4 1-3-3-3-1-1 Bbsus4 x-1-3-3-4-1
Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-0 Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3
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[Intro]
| D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
| D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
[Verse 1]
D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
Patiently she stares down the runway
D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
Today's the day that he is coming home
D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
Seems like he's been gone a life time
D D7sus4 | D5 D |
And a life time is a long time to be gone
[Bridge]
A D
But there are songs that need singing
A7 D
And there are things that must be done
F Fsus4 F Fsus4
There are thoughts that still need thinking
F Fsus4 | Asus4 | A |
And there are wars that must be won (break)
[Verse 2]
D D7sus4 D5 D7sus4
He was just a boy when they sent for him
D D7sus4 D5 D7sus4
And overnight turned him into a man
D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
Proudly he had served his country
D D7sus4 | D5 D |
In a war he didn't seem to understand
[Bridge]
A D
The flag still waves, his war is over
A7 D
He'll never have to kill again
F Fsus4 F Fsus4
And as she waits, she thinks it over
F Fsus4 | Asus4 | A |
Is winning worth the prize we pay to win? (break)
[Verse 3]
D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
Her thoughts keep wandering to his childhood
D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
When all his hand grenades were merely toys
D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
And "war" was just a game that he was playing
D D7sus4 | D5 D |
With plastic guns like other little boys
[Bridge]
A D
And ev'ry day when play was over
A7 D
He'd put his little toys away
F Fsus4 F Fsus4
And she'd be standing, waiting for him
F Fsus4 | Asus4 | A |
The way she's waiting here today (break)
[Verse 4]
D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
As the plane stops she starts thinking
D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
Will he still look the way he did before?
D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
Or will his eyes reflect the pain of killing
D D7sus4 | D5 D |
Like most young men when they come home from war?
[Bridge]
A D
These last few minutes seem like hours
A7 D
She tries her best not to cry
F Fsus4 F Fsus4
But there's that hearse filled up with flowers
F Fsus4 | Asus4 | A |
Did he really have to die?
[Outro]
| D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
No, no, no, no - no, no, no, no, no
| D D7sus4 | D5 D7sus4 |
No, no, no - no, no
(repeat and fade)
