Homecoming (Walter's Song)
Vienna Teng
(Warm Strangers - 2004)

Intro:  E A E 
        BA 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

EA          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
EA          EB/D# C#mF#m AB
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

EA          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
    EA          EB/D# C#mF#m AB
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

E A E
B A E

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

EA          ECause (022100@1)I...'ve come home
B (x2444x@1)  A (x02220@1)  EOoooooooooooooh (022100@1)EA    EB/D# C#m (x13321@4)F#mA  B (x2444x@1)        EI... (022100@1)  I.........  I....  I've come home