Home From The Forest Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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_ Oh, the neon lights were flashing and [G] the icy [D] wind didn't blow. _ _ _
The water seeped into his shoes [G] and the drizzle [D] turned to snow.
_ _ _ [G] His eyes were [D] red, his hopes were dead, and the [Bm] wine was running [F#] low. _ _
[F#m] Then [G] the old man [A] came home _ _ _ _ [D] from the forest. _
_ _ _ His tears fell on the sidewalk as [G] he stumbled [D] in the street. _ _
A dozen [Bm] faces [D] stopped to stare, [G] but no one [D] stopped to speak.
_ [G] For his castle [D] was a hallway [Bm] and the bottle was [F#] his friend.
_ Then [G] the old man [C#m] stumbled [A]
in from _ _ _ [D] the forest.
_ _ _ _ Up a dark and dingy staircase [G] the old man made [D] his way.
_ _ His [A] ragged coat [Bm] around [D] him [G] as upon his cot [D] he lay. _ _
[G] And he wondered [D] how it happened that [Bm] he'd ended up [F#] this way.
_ Getting [G]
[E] lost [A] like a fool _ _ in _ [D] the forest. _ _ _ _
And as he lay there sleeping [G] the vision [D] did appear.
_ _ _ Upon [A] his [Bm] mantle [D] shining [G] the face of [D] one so dear.
_ _ _ [G] Who'd loved him [D] in the springtime [Bm] of an all-forgotten [F#] year. _
When [G] the _ [A] wildflowers did bloom _ _ _ _ in [D] the forest. _
_ _ She touched his prizzled fingers and [G] she called him by [D] his name. _ _
And then he heard the joyful sound of [G] children [D] at the games.
_ _ [G] In an old [D] house on a _ [Bm] hillside in some forgotten [F#]
town.
_ _ [G] Where the river [A] runs down _ _ _ _ from [D] the forest.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ With a mighty roar the big jet [G] soars above the canyon [D]
streets.
_ _ And the conmen con but life goes on for [G] the city [D] never sleeps. _
And [G] to an old [D] forgotten soldier [Bm] the dawn will come no [F#] more. _ _ _ _
[G] For the old man [A] has come home _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] from the forest.
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