Tommys Coming Home Again chords by Paul McCartney

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Intermediate


          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