A Sort of Homecoming - The Unforgettable Fire, 1984

A Sort of Homecoming - The Unforgettable Fire, 1984

Music by U2
Lyrics by Bono
Transcribed by Andy Aledort, sent in by Brandon Leniart

This is the song that Rolling Stone #443 called "fussy and unfocused", yet it
keeps in the U2 tradition of the first-song-on-the-album-setting-the-mood.
This is in D major, and there was nothing wrong with Scott Yanoff's version,
it just didn't have any tabs. If it makes it easier, learn these chords then
apply them to the previous version. Tune down 1/2 step for the LIVE version
on "Wide Awake In America".

Intro (with delay):
1-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|--<12>-<12>-<12>------|
2---3-------|----------/15----17--|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--/20----|------------------<7>-|
3--------4--|--(4)----------------|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---------|----------------------|
4-----------|---------------------|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X------19-|----------------------|
5-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
6-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|

Verse (with delay):
1-0---------------------0--0--0-|------0--0--0--0--0------------0--0----|
2-3---------------------3--0--0-|--3---3--3--3--3--3---3--3--3----------|
3-------0---2--2--2-----0--0--0-|--2-------------------2--2--2----------|
4-------------------------------|--0------------------------------------|
5-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
6-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

1-0-----------------------0--0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
2-3-----------------------3--3---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
3-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0---|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------|
4--------------------------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
5--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
6--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

(with sliding up and down neck, hitting muted strings, etc.)
And you know it's time to go through the sleet and driving snow
Across the fields of mourning to a light's in the distance
And you hunger for the time: time to heal, desire time
And your earth moves beneath your own dream landscape

Chorus:
1---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
2---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
3---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
4-------------------------------------------------------|
5-------------------------------------------------------|
6-------------------------------------------------------|

1---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---|
2---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8----|
3---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----|
4--------------------------------------------------------|
5--------------------------------------------------------|
6--------------------------------------------------------|

Oh, ho ho, on borderland we run

1---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--10-|---------------------------------------|
2---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---7-|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
3---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---7-|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|
4---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
5---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
6---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

I'll be there, I'll be there tonight

(3 bars) (1 bar)
1-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
2---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|--x---x---x---x---x---x--|
3---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--x---x---x---x---x---x--|
4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|--x---x---x---x---x---x--|
5-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
6-----------------------------------|-------------------------|

A high road, a high road out of here

1---10---|------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0----------|--0---------------------|
2---10---|------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--3---3------|--------3------------3--|
3----9---|--2------------------------------|--0-------0--|--------2-----2---------|
4--------|--0------------------------------|-------------|------------------------|
5--------|---------------------------------|-------------|------------------------|
6--------|---------------------------------|-------------|------------------------|

The city walls are all come down, the dust a smoke-screen all around
See faces ploughed like fields that once gave no resistance
And we live by the side of the road, on the side of a hill, as the valleys explode
Dislocated, suffocated, the land grows weary of its own
O comaway, o comaway, o com, o comaway, I say, I, hmmm, hmmm
O comaway, o comaway, o com, o comaway, I say I
Oh, ho, ho, on borderland we run, and still we run, we run and don't look back
I'll be there, I'll be there tonight, I believe

1--------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
3--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5-5-2-4-4-4-4--|-x-x-4-4-4-4-x-x-|-x-x--------------x--|
4--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5-5---5-5-5-5--|-x-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-|-x-x--5--5--5--5--x--|
5--------------|--------3-3-3-3--|-----------------|------3--3--3--3-----|
6--------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|

I'll be there so high, I'll be there tonight, tonight
O comaway, I sing I say, um ha, o comaway o say
The wind will crack in wintertime, this bomb blast lightning waltz
No spoken words, just a scream, yeah, oh, tonight
We'll build a bridge across the sea and land
See the sky, the burning rain, she will die and live again, tonight
And your heart beats so slow through the rain and fallen snow
Across the fields of mourning light's in the distance
Oh don't sorrow, no don't weep for tonight at last
I am coming home, I am coming home

1---0--|
2---3--|
3---2--|
4---4--|
5---5--|
6------|

A Sort of Homecoming
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tabbed by: Scott Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

Intro G6 D2 G6 D2 G6 D2 G6 D2

And you know it's time to go
G6 D2
through the sleet and driving snow
G6 D2
across the fields of mourning to a
G6
light's in the distance
D2 G6 D4 D2

And you hunger for the time
time to heal, 'Desire', time
and your earth moves beneath
your own dream landscape

G G2 G G2 D2 D4 D Gii
Oh, ho, ho on borderland we run________
G G2 G G2
I'll be there, I'll be there
D2 D4 D Gii
tonight, a high road, a high road out of here

the city walls are all come down
the dust a smoke screen all around to see
faces ploughed like fields that once
gave no resistance

And we live by the side of the road
on the side of a hill as the valleys explode
dislocated, suffocated
the land grows weary of it's own

G6 D2 G6 D2
O come away, o come away, o come, o come away I say I hmm hmm
G6 D2 G6 D2
O come away, o come away, o come, o come away I say I

G G2 G G2 D2 D4 D G
Oh, ho, ho on borderland we run, and still we run, we run and don't look back
G G2 G G2 D2 D4 D D4
I'll be there, I'll be there tonight tonight tonight
C7
I'll be there tonight, I believe. I'll be there so high (land),
D D2 G6 D2
I'll be there tonight, tonight____________

G6 D2 G6 D2
O come away, I sing I say, um ha, o come away oh say.
G6 D2 G6 D2

G6
The wind will crack in wintertime
D2 G6
this bomb-blast lightning waltz
D2 G6 D2 G6 D4 D G G2 G G2
no spoken words, just a scream . . . yeah.... oh........ oh.....
D2 D4 D Gii
tonight we'll build a bridge across the sea and land
G G2
see the sky burning rain
G G2 D2 D4 D Gii G6 D2 G6 D4 D G6 D2 G6 D4 D
she will die and live again tonight_______

And you heart beats so slow
through the rain and fallen snow
across the fields of morning
to a light that's in the distance
Oh don't sorrow, no don't weep
for tonight, at last
I am coming home
I am coming home

CHORD FORMATIONS (This might make a nice acoustic version with these)
-----------------
G6 x x 0 0 3 0
D2 x x 0 2 3 0
D4/A x 0 0 0 3 x
G 3 x 0 0 0 x
G2 3 0 0 0 0 3
D4 x x 0 2 3 3
D x x 0 2 3 2
Gii x x 0 0 3 3 (G, type 2)
C7 x 3 2 3 1 x

But The Edge is probably playing the chorus this way
(esp. for intro of live version where it is arpeggio)
G x x x 7 8 7
G2 x x x 7 10 x
D2,D x x x 7 7 10
D4,Gii x x x 7 8 10