Homecoming

	 
(i - The Death of St Jimmy)
[Intro]
A E D A 
A E D A
[Strophe]
A  E        D        A 
My heart is beating from me  
A    E         D   A 
I am standing all alone  
A           D  A 
Please call me only  
A  E       D      A 
If you are coming home  
E             A 
Waste another year flies by  
E                A 
Waste a night or two  
D          A  D   A  E 
You taught me how to live 
[Instrumentale]
A     D E       A   D A D E 
A     D E       A   D A D E
[Strophe]
       A       D  E 
In the streets of shame,  
             A         D      A  D  
Where you've lost your dreams in the
 E 
 rain,  
Where you've lost your dreams in the rain,  
           A     D  E 
There's no signs of hope,  
              D                 A 
The stems and seeds of the last of
     E 
 the dope,  
The stems and seeds of the last of the dope,  
          A    D  E 
There's a glow of light,  
        A            D     A  D  
The St. Jimmy is the spark in the
 E 
 night,  
The St. Jimmy is the spark in the night,  
        A     D   E 
Bearing gifts and trust,  
            D      A       E 
The fixture in the city of lust 
[Strophe]
         F#m    E    A 
What the hell's your name,  
            F#m       E           
What's your pleasure, what is your
 A 
 pain?  
What's your pleasure, what is your pain?  
       F#m   E    A 
Do you dream too much?  
       D                   A   
Do you think what you need is a
 E 
 crutch? 
Do you think what you need is a crutch? 
[Instrumentale]
A     D E       A   D A D E
[Strophe]
       A     D  E               A    
In the crowd of pain, St. Jimmy comes
     D   A D E 
 without any shame,  
In the crowd of pain, St. Jimmy comes without any shame,  
               A 
He says "We're fucked up",  
    D             E 
But we're not the same,  
            D                       
And mom and dad are the ones you can
 E 
 blame  
And mom and dad are the ones you can blame  
      F#m  E A 
Jimmy died today  
            F#m          E      A 
He blew his brains out into the bay, 
 
He blew his brains out into the bay,  
       F#m   E  A 
In the state of mind  
        D              E 
it's my own private suicide 
(ii - East 12th Street)
[Instrumentale]
A   D A G A 
A   D A G A 
A   D A G A 
A   D A G A
[Strophe]
     D A G  A 
Well nobody cares,  
     D A G  A 
Well nobody cares,  
     D A G  A       D A G  A 
Does anyone care if nobody cares?  
     D A G  A 
Well nobody cares,  
     D A G  A 
Well nobody cares,  
     D A G  A       D A G  A 
Does anyone care if nobody cares? 
[Strophe]
D                    G    D 
Jesus is filling out paperwork now, 
 
Jesus is filling out paperwork now,  
G         D     A       D 
At the facility on east 12th Street, 
 
At the facility on east 12th Street,  
D                  G    D 
He's not listening to a word now,  
G           D 
He's in his own world,  
    A       D 
And he's daydreaming  
D                    G         D 
He'd rather be doing something else
 now,  
He'd rather be doing something else now,  
     D              G              
Like cigarettes and coffee with the
 A    D 
 underbelly,  
Like cigarettes and coffee with the underbelly,  
    D                         G  D 
His life's on the line with anxiety
 now,  
His life's on the line with anxiety now,  
D        G 
She had enough,  
    A      D 
And he had plenty 
[Instrumentale]
D G D A D
[Strophe]
D            G   D   A D 
Somebody get me out of here,  
D G D A D  

D           G   D   A D 
Anybody get me out of here,  
D G D A D  

D            G   D   A D 
Somebody get me out of here,  
D G D A D  

D               G      D   A D 
Get me the fuck right out of here 
[Strophe]
C 
So far away,  
A 
I don't want to stay,  
C                       A 
Get me outta here right now,  
C 
I just want to be free,  
A 
Is there a possibility?  
C                        A 
Get me out of here right now, 
[Strophe]
C A 
Out!  
C A 
Out!  
C A 
Out!  
C A 
Out!  
  
Alright! 
D C G A 
  
     D              G     A   D 
This lifelike dream ain't for me
(iii - Nobody Likes You)
[Strophe]
D       A           G             
I fell asleep while watching Spike
  A 
 TV,  
I fell asleep while watching Spike TV,  
      D           A 
After 10 cups of coffee,  
           G         A 
And you're still not here,  
D             A 
Dreaming of a song,  
     G              A 
When something went wrong,  
        D           A 
And you can't tell anyone,  
     G        A 
'Cos no one's here 
[Strophe]
Bm            A 
Left me here alone,  
       G                  D 
When I should have stayed home,  
      Bm          A 
After 10 cups of coffee,  
    D 
I'm thinking, 
[Strophe]
D      A 
Nobody likes you,  
G        A 
Everyone left you,  
        D          A 
They're all out without you,  
G      A 
Havin' fun, 
[Strophe]
D         A 
Everyone left you,  
G      A 
Nobody likes you,  
        D           A 
They're all out without you,  
G      A 
Havin' fun,   
             D 
Where'd you go? 
(iv - Rock and Roll Girlfriend)
[Instrumentale]
D E
[Strophe]
A 
I got a rock and roll band,  
D 
I got a rock and roll life,  
A 
I got a rock and roll girlfriend,  
E 
And another ex-wife 
[Strophe]
A 
I got a rock and roll house,  
D 
I got a rock and roll car,  
A 
I play the shit out of the drums,  
E 
And I can play the guitar 
[Strophe]
A 
I got a kid in New York,  
D 
I got a kid in the Bay,  
A 
I haven't drank or smoked nothin',  
   E 
In over 22 days, 
[Strophe]
       G      A 
So get off of my case,  
    G      A 
Get off of my case,  
G     A   D ... 
Off of my case 
(v - We're Coming Home Again)
[Instrumentale]
...    Bm  G A 
  D    Bm  G A 
  D    Bm  G A 
  D    Bm  G A
[Strophe]
  
Here they come marching down the
 street, 
Here they come marching down the street, 
 
Like a desperation murmur of a heart
 beat, 
Like a desperation murmur of a heart beat, 
 
Coming back from the edge of town, 
 
Underneath their feet  
G A 
  

The time has come and it's going
 nowhere,  
The time has come and it's going nowhere,  
 
Nobody ever said that life was fair
 now, 
Nobody ever said that life was fair now, 
 
Go-carts and guns are treasures they
 will bear, 
Go-carts and guns are treasures they will bear, 
 
In the summer heat  
D A  
  
G            A                  
The world is spinning around and
 G 
 around,  
The world is spinning around and around,  
           A 
Out of control again,  
D A 
  
G          A        Bm              
From the 7-11 to the fear of breaking
 E 
 down,  
From the 7-11 to the fear of breaking down,  
   D        G     A 
So send my love a letterbomb,  
  D     G       A 
To visit me in hell,  
G         A    G A 
We're the ones going  
D   A 
  
D 
Home.  
             A 
We're coming home again  
D 
Home.  
             A 
We're coming home again 
[Strophe]
G 
I started fuckin' running,  
                D 
As soon as my feet touch ground,  
G 
We're back in the barrio,  
       A                        G    
But to you and me, that's Jingletown.
  A 
 That's  
But to you and me, that's Jingletown. That's  
D 
Home. 
[Strophe]
             A 
We're coming home again,  
D 
Home.  
             A 
We're coming home again,  
D 
Home.  
             A 
We're coming home again,  
D 
Home.  
             A 
We're coming home again,  
D 
Home.  
             A          G 
We're coming home again, 
[Strophe]
D 
Home.  
             A          G 
We're coming home again,  
D 
Home.  
             A          G 
We're coming home again,  
D 
Home.  
             A          G 
We're coming home again, 
[Strophe]
D 
Nobody likes you,  
 
Everyone left you, 
 
They're all out without you, 
 
Havin' fun