Lyrics

SONGS FROM HOME Intro: Am

He was (Am)on a dusty road (C)half a world away
On a (G)mountain, fightin’ through the (Am)day
It was hard keepin’ warm, but (C)easy gettin’ lonely
And (G)harder bein’ there every (F)day….but he found a (Am)way

In his (Am)mind he was sittin’ on, his (C)back porch pickin’ on
an (G)old Country Gentlemen (Am)tune
‘Til the (Am)sounds of the war brought him (C)back to the mountain
and the (G)job he was sent there to (F)do…but what got him (Am)through

Were songs from (F)home, they kept him (C)goin’
Re(G)minded him what he’s fighting (Am)for
Songs from (F)home, it helped him (C)knowin’
(G)One day soon he’ll be done with (F)war and headed (Am)home

He was six months gone away from his home and family
for the third time in just two years.
The worst time was at night, when everything got quiet
and the silence ringing in his ears….made him face his fears.

Would he ever make it home, could this day be his last,
was he different from what he’d seen and done.
Would the nightmares go away, when he got home to stay
or would they haunt him ‘til his dying day….he really couldn’t say

chorus and fiddle break

bridge
The (F)first two times were tough, but (G)this time was enough
You can’t (Am)watch your kids grow up from so far a(F)way.
He’s (F)proud he served his land, and he’d (G)do it all again,
But it’s (Am)time to trade his gun for an old (F)guitar… and songs from home.

Chorus
Instruments fade until on guitar is left