Tommys Coming Home Again

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
         E-A-D-G-B-e
Cadd9    x-3-2-0-3-3
A7sus4   x-0-2-0-3-3
G        3-x-0-0-3-3

                    G
Ah, one, two ...  (break)

Verse

        Cadd9                         A7sus4
She was counting out the window of an outbound train
        G
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

Bm                   Am
Down, down, down, so deep
Bm                          D
Down, down, drowning in his sleep

Chorus

C       Am     G           |  G  |
Tommy's coming home again
             (break)      (build up)

Verse

      Cadd9                     A7sus4
And a hawk hovered high above a skinny jackrabbit
   G
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

Bm                     Am
Down, down, down, they go
Bm                          D
Down down - how he'll never know

Chorus

C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home again
         C      Am           Em
And it's almost April Fools' Day

Verse

      Cadd9                        A7sus4
As he glanced on his paper looking through the veil
         G
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

Bm                           Am
Down, down, down, she took a drag
Bm                    D
Now he's covered in a flag

Chorus

C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home again
         C      Am           Em
And it's almost April Fools' Day

Middle 8

G      Cadd9        G
Almost April Fools' Day
        Cadd9          G
And the joke's on everyone
   Bm          Em
He had that premonition
     A                D
Only dead men dwell upon

Verse

      Cadd9                       A7sus4
Well, how could he know that only twelve months later
          G
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

Bm                     Am
Down, down, down, they flow
Bm                               D
Down, down, down - it just don't matter anymore

Chorus

C       Am      G
Tommy's made it home again
            C      Am           Em
When it was almost April Fools' Day

[Middle 8

G      Cadd9        G
Almost April Fools' Day
        Cadd9          G
And the joke's on everyone
   Bm          Em
He had that premonition
     A                D
Only dead men dwell upon

Coda

C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home again
C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home again
C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home