Chords for Vienna Teng - Homecoming

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It's [A] desert ice outside but [E] this diner's thawed my ears
[B] Hot coffee and [A] a clean white mug and [E] a smile when the [B] waitress hears
That [G#] I was born in North [C#m] Carolina, [A] not an hour from her [E] hometown
[F#m] And we used to play the [A] same pizza, [B] barlap, and ball _ _
[E] There's a glance in time [A] suspended as [E] I wonder who it is
And [B] we've been swept up just by [A] circumstance [E] to where the caggier [B] than is
But [G#] my days are strips [C#m] of highway [A] and she's wiping tables [E] down
I'm [F#m] holding on, I'm [A] still waiting for that [B] wind to fall _
[E] But [A] I've [E] come home, even [B] though I never [A] had so [E] far to go _
Yeah, [A] I've [E] come [C#m] home _
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[E] Pay the [A] check and leave the change [E] from a crumpled ten dollar bill
Head [B] across the street [A] where vacant seat [E] is burning the neon [B] instead
[G#] All the night eats up [C#m] my body heat [A] and there's no sign of [E] another
[F#m] And I find myself [A] slipping down into [B] that aback _
[E] Things [A] are good, I've got a [E] lot of followers and a lot of fame
I've [B] got a whole [A] congregation [E] living in my head [B] these days
And [G#] I'm preaching from [C#m] the pulpit [G#] to cries of amen, brother _
[A] Closing my eyes to feel the warmth [B] come back _
[E] And [A] I've [E] come _ home, even [B] though I swear [A] I've never been [E] so alone _
Yeah, [A] I've [E] come home _
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ It's hard [G#] to be living as [C#m] I'm dying, [A] just like everybody [E] here
I just [B] wanna know, my little [A] flicker of time is [E] worthwhile
_ And [G#] I don't know [C#m] when to, [A] but I know I'm getting [E] more
And [F#] there's a blessing in every moment, [A] every mile [B] Yeah _
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Thin white [A] terry, bars of soap [E] and a couple little plastic cups
[B] Old Gideon's Bible [A] in the nightstand, drawers [E] hang on [B] and on
[G#] I kneel down [C#m] on the carpet here, [A] though I never was sure [E] of God
[F#m] And tonight I'll give [A] him the benefit of [B] the doubt _
[E] I switch off the lights and imagine that old waitress out lying in the bed
Her [B] hair falling all [A] around [E] me, that smile that's shaking [B] my head
[G#] Well, we all write our [C#m] own endings, [A] and we all have our [E] own scars
[F#m] But tonight I think [A] I see what it's [B] all about _
[E] Cause _ [A] I've come [E] _ _ home
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_ _ [A] _ _ [B] I've come
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