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