Bandstand - Welcome Home Finale

	  		
Verse 1:
F7 
Johnny made it home. 
Bbm/F 
Most of him at least. 
E7            Eb7 
Had three operations, 
        Bb/D 
but the pain has not decreased. 
F7                       Bbm/F 
Nick learned to survive, means you never trust 
E7               Eb7               Bb/D 
Once you see the worst in man then how do you adjust? 
F7                  Bbm 
Davy cracks a joke, claims to be alright. 
A7                Db/Ab        Eb/G          Gb 
Drinks a fifth of vodka in his kitchen every night. 
Ab/Gb   Ab 
And I stand here trying, 
     F/A                 Bbm               Eb/G     F7/A        C7sus4 
Like Mother Mary with my private burden of grief to carry. 

 
        Dm      Bb 
Welcome home my boys 
Bb/C    F       C/E 
Welcome home my sons 
        Dm      Bb      Bb/C 
Welcome home my husband 
        F       C/E 
Welcome home my love 
        Dm     Gm/Bb 
Welcome home 
C7      F      Gm7 
welcome home 
C       F     F7 
Welcome home 


Verse 2:
 
F7                   Bbm/F 
Wayne is never free, schedules out his day 
E7            Eb7            Bb/D 
Filling every minute just to keep the ghosts away 
F7                 Bbm/F 
He could never get back the life he had, 
A7                 Db/Ab            Eb/G            Gb 
Faced with raising kids who did not recognize their dad 
F7                         Gbmaj7 
Jimmy made it back to town four months ago 
F7                                   E7      F7 
Lives to tell of things no one could bear to know 
F7                                Gbmaj7 
Keeps his guard up now a lot goes undiscussed 
F7                          E     F7           C7 
Focuses on fighting what he finds unjust 

 
   C7sus4   Dm      Bb 
Welcome     home my boys 
Bb/C    F       C/E 
Welcome home my sons 
        Dm      Bb       Bb/C 
Welcome home my husband 
        F       C/E 
Welcome home my love 
        Dm    Gm/Bb 
Welcome home 
C7      F     Gm7 
welcome home 
C       F      F7 
Welcome home 


Bridge:
 
G7                   Cm 
Donny does his best, trying to pretend 
B7              Eb/Bb            F/A           Abmaj7 
What he doesn’t talk about won’t matter in the end. 
B7                               Ab6/G 
Donny made it home but thinks it wasn’t fair 
G7                              Ab6/G 
How he made it out but left his buddy there 
G7                              Ab6 
Donny doesn’t sleep because the nightmares come 
G7 
Donny wants an answer 
      G7/F 
Donny looks for absolution 
        Cm/Eb                       F/Gb     G7 
And I'd give up anything if I could give him some 
      Bb                      G/B 
And I stand here helpless, my arms extended 
        Cm                       F/A       G7/B 
Knowing full well, darling, your war’s not ended 


        Dm    Bb    Bb/C     F     C/E 
Welcome home 
        Dm      Bb 
Welcome home my husband 
Bb/C    F       C/E 
Welcome home my love 
        Dm      Gm/Bb 
Welcome home 
C7      F       Gm7add4 
welcome home 
Gm7/D   Ebm     B 
Welcome home my boys 
B/Db   Gb      Db/F 
Welcome home my sons 
        Ebm     B 
Welcome home my husband 
        Gb      Db/F 
Welcome home my love 
        Ebm      Abm/B 
Welcome home 
Db7     Gb       Abm7      Db 
Welcome home 

Gb      G        Ab       A 

B   B   D       Bb/A     Gaug/A 
Wel come home