CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] G C
[VERSE 1:]
Oh, the neon lights were flashing and the [F]icy wind did [C]blow
~ Am F C
The water seeped into his shoes and the drizzle turned to snow
His [F]eyes were red, his [C]hopes were dead and the [Am]wine was running [E7]low
And the [F]old man came [G]home
From the [C]forest
[VERSE 2:]
His tears fell on the sidewalk as he [F]stumbled in the [C]street
~ Am F C
A dozen faces stopped to stare, but no one stopped to speak
For his [F]castle was a [C]hallway and the [Am]bottle was his [E7]friend
And the [F]old man stumbled [G]in
From the [C]forest
[VERSE 3:]
Up a dark and dingy staircase the [F]old man made his [C]way
~ Am F C
His ragged coat around him, as upon his cot he lay
And he [F]wondered how it [C]happened that he [Am]ended up this [E7]way
Getting [F]lost like a [G]fool
In the [C]forest
[VERSE 4:]
And as he lay there sleeping a [F]vision did ap[C]pear
~ Am F C
Upon his mantle shining, a face of one so dear
Who had [F]loved him in the [C]springtime of a [Am]long forgotten [E7]year
When the [F]wildflowers did [G]bloom
In the [C]forest
[VERSE 5:]
She touched his grizzled fingers and she [F]called him by his [C]name
~ Am F C
And then he heard the joyful sound of children at their games
In an [F]old house on a [C]hillside, in [Am]some forgotten [E7]town
Where the [F]river runs [G]down
From the [C]forest[G][F][C]
[VERSE 6:]
With a mighty roar the big jet soars a[F]bove the canyon [C]streets
~ Am F C
And the con men con, but life goes on, for the city never sleeps
And to an [F]old forgotten [C]soldier, the [Am]dawn will come no [E7]more
N.C. F G
For the old man has come home
From the [C]forest [G] [C]
[INTRO:] G C
[VERSE 1:]
Oh, the neon lights were flashing and the [F]icy wind did [C]blow
~ Am F C
The water seeped into his shoes and the drizzle turned to snow
His [F]eyes were red, his [C]hopes were dead and the [Am]wine was running [E7]low
And the [F]old man came [G]home
From the [C]forest
[VERSE 2:]
His tears fell on the sidewalk as he [F]stumbled in the [C]street
~ Am F C
A dozen faces stopped to stare, but no one stopped to speak
For his [F]castle was a [C]hallway and the [Am]bottle was his [E7]friend
And the [F]old man stumbled [G]in
From the [C]forest
[VERSE 3:]
Up a dark and dingy staircase the [F]old man made his [C]way
~ Am F C
His ragged coat around him, as upon his cot he lay
And he [F]wondered how it [C]happened that he [Am]ended up this [E7]way
Getting [F]lost like a [G]fool
In the [C]forest
[VERSE 4:]
And as he lay there sleeping a [F]vision did ap[C]pear
~ Am F C
Upon his mantle shining, a face of one so dear
Who had [F]loved him in the [C]springtime of a [Am]long forgotten [E7]year
When the [F]wildflowers did [G]bloom
In the [C]forest
[VERSE 5:]
She touched his grizzled fingers and she [F]called him by his [C]name
~ Am F C
And then he heard the joyful sound of children at their games
In an [F]old house on a [C]hillside, in [Am]some forgotten [E7]town
Where the [F]river runs [G]down
From the [C]forest[G][F][C]
[VERSE 6:]
With a mighty roar the big jet soars a[F]bove the canyon [C]streets
~ Am F C
And the con men con, but life goes on, for the city never sleeps
And to an [F]old forgotten [C]soldier, the [Am]dawn will come no [E7]more
N.C. F G
For the old man has come home
From the [C]forest [G] [C]
