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Tommy's Coming Home – Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello
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Written by: Paul McCartney/Elvis Costello
Recorded in 1988
From the 2017 re-issue of "Flowers in the Dirt"
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-3
A7sus4 x-0-2-0-3-3
G 3-x-0-0-3-3
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G
Ah, one, two ... (break)
[Verse]
Cadd9 A7sus4
She was counting out the window of an outbound train
G
All the poles of the telegraph
Cadd9 A7sus4
And the rock-a-bye rhythm in the song of the rails
G Cadd9
Couldn't make the sweeper laugh
[Bridge]
Bm Am
Down, down, down, so deep
Bm D
Down, down, drowning in his sleep
[Chorus]
C Am G | G |
Tommy's coming home again
(break) (build up)
[Verse]
Cadd9 A7sus4
And a hawk hovered high above a skinny jackrabbit
G
Pursued by a hungry fox
Cadd9 A7sus4
And a broker awoke her from a fitful slumber
G Cadd9
Consulted his shares and his stocks
[Bridge]
Bm Am
Down, down, down, they go
Bm D
Down down - how he'll never know
[Chorus]
C Am G
Tommy's coming home again
C Am Em
And it's almost April Fools' Day
[Verse]
Cadd9 A7sus4
As he glanced on his paper looking through the veil
G
He could see she was really upset
Cadd9 A7sus4
As she tucked back the ribbon in a velvet box
G Cadd9
As he offered her a cigarette
[Bridge]
Bm Am
Down, down, down, she took a drag
Bm D
Now he's covered in a flag
[Chorus]
C Am G
Tommy's coming home again
C Am Em
And it's almost April Fools' Day
[Middle 8]
G Cadd9 G
Almost April Fools' Day
Cadd9 G
And the joke's on everyone
Bm Em
He had that premonition
A D
Only dead men dwell upon
[Verse]
Cadd9 A7sus4
Well, how could he know that only twelve months later
G
She would wear her skirt up over her knee
Cadd9 A7sus4
And in the very same carriage she'd be flattened with roses
G Cadd9
And forget the tears of bigotry
[Bridge]
Bm Am
Down, down, down, they flow
Bm D
Down, down, down - it just don't matter anymore
[Chorus]
C Am G
Tommy's made it home again
C Am Em
When it was almost April Fools' Day
[[Middle 8]
G Cadd9 G
Almost April Fools' Day
Cadd9 G
And the joke's on everyone
Bm Em
He had that premonition
A D
Only dead men dwell upon
[Coda]
C Am G
Tommy's coming home again
C Am G
Tommy's coming home again
C Am G
Tommy's coming home