When a Soldier Makes it Home

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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This a very moving and powerful song by Arlo Guthrie

Half-way 'round the world to-night
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In a strange and for-eign land
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A sol-dier packs his mem-o-ries
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As he leaves Af-ghan-i-stan
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Back home they don't know to much
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There's just no wa-y to tell
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I guess you had to be there
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For to know that wa-r is hell
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Chorus:
And there won't be an-y vic-try pa-rades
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For those who make it back
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They'll fly them in at mi-d- night
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And un-load the bod- y sacks
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And the liv-in' will go walk-in down
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A long and lone-ly road
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Be-cause no-bod-y seems to care these days
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When a sol-dier makes it home.
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You can get the rest of the lyrics here:
http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/soldier.shtml

And hear the whole song here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDAl7lGGtSo