Tommys Coming Home Again

---------------------------------------------------------------------------         Tommy’s Coming Home - Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paul McCartney/Elvis Costello Recorded in 1988 From the 2017 re-issue of "Flowers in the Dirt" Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS Cadd9    x-3-2-0-3-3 A7sus4   x-0-2-0-3-3 G        3-x-0-0-3-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ah one two ...  (break) [Verse]         Cadd9                         A7sus4 She was counting out the window of an outbound train 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] Down down down so deep Down down drowning in his sleep [Chorus] Tommy’s coming home again                   (break)      (build up) [Verse]       Cadd9                     A7sus4 And a hawk hovered high above a skinny jackrabbit 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] Down down down they go Down down - how he’ll never know [Chorus] Tommy’s coming home again And it’s almost April Fools’ Day [Verse]       Cadd9                        A7sus4 As he glanced on his paper looking through the veil 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] Down down down she took a drag Now he’s covered in a flag [Chorus] Tommy’s coming home again And it’s almost April Fools’ Day [Middle 8] G      Cadd9        G Almost April Fools’ Day         Cadd9          G And the joke’s on everyone He had that premonition Only dead men dwell upon [Verse]       Cadd9                       A7sus4 Well how could he know that only twelve months later 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] Down down down they flow Down down down - it just don’t matter anymore [Chorus] Tommy’s made it home again When it was almost April Fools’ Day [[Middle 8] G      Cadd9        G Almost April Fools’ Day         Cadd9          G And the joke’s on everyone He had that premonition Only dead men dwell upon [Coda] Tommy’s coming home again Tommy’s coming home again Tommy’s coming home