Roger Waters – Home (Guitar)

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[Intro] C#m B Amaj7 B (x2) [Verse 1]
C#m 
Could be Jerusalem or it could be Cairo

B
Could be Berlin or it could be Prague

C#m 
Could be Moscow could be New York

A                                   B
Could be Llanelli and it could be Warrington

C#m            B
Could be Warsaw and it could be Moose Jaw

C#m                       A                             B
Could be Rome. Everybody got somewhere they call home 
[Chorus 1]
E
When they overrun the defences

   B
A minor invasion put down to expenses

A                                C#m
Will you go down to the airport lounge? 

E
Will you accept your second-class status?

B
A nation of waitresses and waiters

A                                             B
Will you mix their martinis, will you stand still for it 

                         C#m  B  Amaj7   B
Or will you take to the hills?
[Verse 2]
C#m
It could be clay and it could be sand

B               C#m
Could be desert. Could be a tract of arable land

A                                    B
Could be a house, could be a corner shop

C#m
Could be a cabin by a bend in the river

B
Could be something your old man handed down

C#m
Could be something you built on your own

A                                 B
Everybody got something he calls home
[Chorus 2]
E
When the cowboys and Arabs draw down

         B
On each other at noon

                             Amaj7
In the cool dusty air of the city boardroom

                              B
Will you stand by a passive spectator
Of the market dictators?
E
Will you discreetly withdraw

           B
With your ear pressed to the boardroom door?

Amaj7                                    B
Will you hear when the lion within you roars?

                      C#m   B   Amaj7   B
Will you take to the hills?
[Bridge]
E  B  Amaj7                        B
Oh      Will you stand, will you stand for it? 

           E    B  Amaj7 B
Will you hear? oh! oh!    when the lion within you roars
C#m B Amaj7 B [Verse 3]
C#m
Could be your father and it could be your mother

B
Could be your sister, could be your brother

C#m
Could be a foreigner could be a Turk

A                                       B
Could be a cyclist out looking for work. Norman

C#m
Could be a king, could be the Aga Khan

B
Could be a Vietnam vet with no arms and no legs

C#m
Could be a saint, could be a sinner

A                                  B
Could be a loser or it could be a winner

C#m
Could be a banker, could be a baker

B
Could be a Laker, could be Kareem Abdul Jabar

C#m
Could be a male voice choir

A                             B
Could be a lover, could be a fighter

C#m
Could be a super heavyweight 

B       
Or it could be something lighter

C#m
Could be a cripple, could be a freak
Could be a wop, gook, geek
A                                 B
Could be a cop, could be a thief

C#m
Could be a family of ten living in one room on relief

B
Could be our leaders in their concrete tombs

C#m
With their tinned food and their silver spoons

A                                       B
Could be the pilot with God on his side

C#m
Could be the kid in the middle of the bomb sight

B
Could be a fanatic, could be a terrorist
Could be a dentist, could be a psychiatrist
C#m
Could be humble 

A                                            B   
Could be proud, could be a face in the crowd

C#m
Could be the soldier in the white cravat

      B
Who turns the key in spite of the fact

                            C#m
That this is the end of the cat and mouse
Who dwelt in the house
            A                                    B
Where the laughter rang and the tears were spilt

C#m
The house that Jack built

B
Where the laughter rang and the tears were spilt

C#m
The house that Jack built

A                                            B   
Bang, bang, shoot, shoot, white gloved thumb

C#m
Lord thy will be done
N.C. He was always a good boy his mother said N.C. He'll do his duty when he's grown, yeah N.C. Everybody's got someone they call home