Homecoming (Walter's Song)
Vienna Teng
(Warm Strangers - 2004)
Intro: E A E
B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A E (022100@1)E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)It's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) BHot (x2444x@1)coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears
Ab (xx1114@1) C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EThat (022100@1)I was born in North Carolina, not an hour from her home town
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) BAnd (x2444x@1)we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball
E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)And there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) BWe've (x2444x@1)been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives
Ab (xx1114@1) C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EWhere (022100@1)my days are strips of highway, and she's wiping tables down
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) BHolding (x2444x@1)on and still waiting for that windfall
E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A EBut (022100@1)I...'ve come home
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) EEven (022100@1)though I've never had so far to go
E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A E (022100@1)name="chord_x2544x@1">B/D# C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_244222@1">F#m A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B
I...'ve come ho.............me
E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) BHead (x2444x@1)across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still
Ab (xx1114@1) C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EWell (022100@1)the night eats up my body heat, and there's no sign of another
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) BAnd (x2444x@1)I find myself slipping down into that black
E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)But things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) BI've (x2444x@1)got a whole congregation living in my head these days
Ab (xx1114@1) C#m (x13321@4) Ab (xx1114@1) C#m (x13321@4) BAnd (x2444x@1)I'm preaching from the pulpit to cries of "Amen brother"
A (x02220@1) BClosing (x2444x@1)my eyes to feel the warmth come back
E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A EBut (022100@1)I...'ve come home
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) EEven (022100@1)though I swear I've never been so alone
E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A E (022100@1)name="chord_x2544x@1">B/D# C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_244222@1">F#m A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B
Yet I...'ve come ho.............me
Ab (xx1114@1) C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EI (022100@1)just want to be living as I'm dying, just like everybody here
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) EJust (022100@1)want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile
Ab (xx1114@1) C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)I don't know where I'm driving to, but I know I'm getting old
F# (244322@1) A (x02220@1)BAnd (x2444x@1)there's a blessing in every moment every mile
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E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)
Thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) BOld (x2444x@1)Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying "Go on open up"
Ab (xx1114@1) C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EWell (022100@1)I'll kneel down on the carpet here, though I never was sure of God
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) BThink (x2444x@1)tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt
E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EI (022100@1)switch off the lights and imagine that a waitress outlined in the bed
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) BHer (x2444x@1)hair falling all around me, I smile and shake my head
Ab (xx1114@1) C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EWell (022100@1)we all write our own endings, and we all have our own scars
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) BBut (x2444x@1)tonight I think I see what it's all about
E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A ECause (022100@1)I...'ve come home
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) EOoooooooooooooh (022100@1)E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A E (022100@1)name="chord_x2544x@1">B/D# C#m (x13321@4)F#m (244222@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A B (x2444x@1) EI... (022100@1) I......... I.... I've come home
