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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)