Chords for Ron Kenoly - WELCOME HOME...

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
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_ The road was straight and narrow, _ [Fm] _
[F] leading to my father's house.
[Ab] _
_ The gates were open wide, _ [Fm] _
_ awaiting my [Bb] return.
_ [Bbm] _
[Gm] _ Near them stood my father, _ [Cm] with his arms stretched out to me.
[A] _
[Ab] With tears on [Gm] his face, [Eb] _
[Fm] I heard him say,
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm]
Welcome home.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
I've missed you so much.
_ [Fm] My _ heart has been broken [Eb] since the day [Ab] you went [Bb] away.
_ [Gm] Welcome _ home.
_ _ _ I'll [C] prepare _ a celebration.
_ [Eb] Come take your place [Eb] beside me.
_ [Fm]
You've been gone so long.
_ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] Welcome _ home.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
His hand was on my shoulder _ [Fm] as we walked up to the house.
_ _ _ [Ab] _
Mom peeped out the front [Eb] door _ [Fm]
and then came running out.
_ _ [Gm]
She threw her arms around me and [Cm] squeezed me like only mama can.
[A] _ [Ab] And then kissed me on my [Gm] cheek.
_ [Eb] And with [Fm] my face held in her [Bb] hands, she said,
_ [Gm]
Welcome home.
_ _ _ [G] How I've longed for this moment.
[Em] _ [Fm] I have prayed for you [Cm] each night _ [Eb] since the day [Ab] you went away. [Bbm] _ [Gm] Welcome _ home.
_ _ I'll [C]
prepare a place [D] for you.
[Ab] My prayers have [Eb] been answered.
_ [F]
Thank you, [Fm] Jesus.
_ _ Oh, [Bb]
thank you, Jesus.
_ _ [Ab] Welcome _ _ home.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ To [Bb] be in [Bb] my father's [Ab] house, [Eb] after [Fm]
all the pain and [Db] heartache,
I had [Eb] put him through.
_ _ [G] And to [Cm] know that I'm [B] forgiven _ and my [Bb]
past has been [Ab] forgotten.
[Gm] And to [Fm] hear my [Bb] family say, we [Gm] still love _ [C] you.
_ _ Oh, [Am] _
_ welcome home.
_ [A] Oh, how sweet the sound.
_ [D] Those _ simple words, we love you, _ [Bb]
still echo in [C] my heart.
[B] Welcome [Am]
home.
_ _ _ No more will [A] I take this place for [D] granted.
_ [Gm] It's so good to [Am] be loved [F] and wanted _ after [Gm] you've done wrong.
_ [C] _
_ _ [C] And still be _ _ _ welcome _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ home.
_ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ Welcome home.
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_ _ Now, [C] I want to bring out [Ab] a couple of guys who have not left home yet. _ _ _
_ _ _ But I've been thinking. _
_ _ _ No, no, no.
I want to bring to you my two youngest sons, Samuel and Ronald.
Hallelujah.
Who love the Lord.
They're going