Home From The Forest

[INTRO:] G    C

[VERSE 1:]
Oh, the neon lights were flashing 
        F            C
and the icy wind did blow
          C/B     Am              
The water seeped into his shoes 
     F                 C
and the drizzle turned to snow
    F                  C          
His eyes were red, his hopes were 
             Am               E7
dead and the wine was running low
        F            G
And the old man came home
         C
From the forest


[VERSE 2:]
His tears fell on the sidewalk as he
 F               C
 stumbled in the street
        C/B    Am                 
A dozen faces stopped to stare, 
   F                 C
but no one stopped to speak
        F            C            
For his castle was a hallway and 
   Am             E7
the bottle was his friend
        F                G
And the old man stumbled in
         C
From the forest


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[VERSE 3:]
Up a dark and dingy staircase the 
F                C
old man made his way
           C/B    Am             
His ragged coat around him, as 
F              C
upon his cot he lay
       F               C          
And he wondered how it happened 
      Am            E7
that he ended up this way
        F           G
Getting lost like a fool
       C
In the forest


[VERSE 4:]
And as he lay there sleeping a 
F            C
vision did appear
         C/B     Am         F    
Upon his mantle shining, a face 
          C
of one so dear
        F                C        
Who had loved him in the 
       Am             E7
springtime of a long forgotten year
         F               G
When the wildflowers did bloom
       C
In the forest


[VERSE 5:]
She touched his grizzled fingers and
     F                 C
 she called him by his name
            C/B        Am         
And then he heard the joyful sound
     F                 C
 of children at their games
      F              C            
In an old house on a hillside, in 
Am             E7
some forgotten town
          F          G
Where the river runs down
         C        G   F   C
From the forest


[VERSE 6:]
With a mighty roar the big jet soars
  F               C
 above the canyon streets
                C/B       Am      
And the con men con, but life goes
              F          C
 on, for the city never sleeps
          F             C         
And to an old forgotten soldier, 
   Am                E7
the dawn will come no more
N.C.    F                G
For the old man has come home
         C        G  C
From the forest