[Intro] 
A C#m x2
 
[Verse 1]
A                     C#m
Basically nothin' has changed
She explained
A                     C#m
We're so happy you're home again
A
You take the winter
       C#m
To get back on your feet
     D
Your bed is bein' made
         C#m                             A C#m
And your father washed the sheets for you
 
A C#m
 
[Verse 2]
A
So we talked a while
      C#m
About all my woes
A                         C#m
Their smiles worse than I told you so's
     A                       C#m
When she said to wash up and get to bed
           D
I knew the freedom I had learned
          C#m
I'd learn quickly to forget
 
    C#m    (A)       E
And nobody understands
    C#m    (A)       E
And nobody seems to care
          C#m     A       E
'Bout the compromise of a man
       C#m        A         E
Comin' home after five long years
       C#m       A         E
Givin' up after five long years
 
A/D                     C#m
Unpacked my bags in the livin' room
A                   C#m
Smell the last of a sweet perfume
A                        C#m                       D
Came from the girl that went with the world that I traded in today
        C#m
Just to live a safer way
 
    C#m    (A)       E
And nobody understands
    C#m    (A)       E
And nobody seems to care
          C#m     A       E
'Bout the compromise of a man
       C#m        A         E
Comin' home after five long years
       C#m       A         E
Givin' up after five long years
 
    F#m
She says you're always welcome here
        A
You'll never be alone
  F#m
Perhaps that's now my greatest fear
     A      Bm           C#m  A  E
I'll always call this home
        C#m A E
This home