You Can Never Go Home Again

Tom : Em
Em   Am   Em   D   Em   Bm   Em   Am   Em   Am   Em   Am   Em

[Chorus]
Em D A Em
I remember 20 years ago I was sitting in that court room
Em D Bm
My charges I could not defend
Em D A Em
The last thing the judge said to me as he handed down my sentence
C D Em
Was you can never go home again
Em D Em A
Never go home, never go home
C D Em
You can never go home again

[Verse 1]
Em D
And I agreed with everything that the judge said
A Em
If you come back around, I'm going out like Judge Dredd
Em D
What was in your head when you made those choices?
Bm
I can only hope that you were plagued by voices
Em D
And you made the decision not to listened to the one
A Em
That was on your side when you started to slide
C
But mama brought you back home
D Em
She was broken down to the bone, 'cause you were gone so long
Em D
But now her baby boy is back in the house
A
You can see the smile on her mouth
Em
I ain't never seen her this happy
Em D
Then all of a sudden you disappeared again
Bm
She's crumbling down, the smile is gone from her chin
Em
And she doesn't know where
D
And I don't even care
Am Em
'Cause you broke mama's heart twice and it ain't even nice
C D
Now I'm surprised as heck that she's wondering where you went
Em
And I don't give a damn friend (I don't even care)

[Chorus]
Em D A Em
When you've done your time and you come back out that doorway
Em D Bm
You will not find a loved one or a friend
Em D A Em
You may return to the place where the people used to know you
C D Em
But you can never go home again
Em D Em A
Never go home, never go home
C D Em
You can never go home again

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
Em D
Bruh, the sights these eyes have seen seen would horrify the strongest
A Em
Went and a left home I haven't been to in the longest
Em D
Led a life by the sword, forced to fall upon it
Bm
The kites flew, there was nobody left to correspond with
Em D
Familiar faces either passed on or flipped
A Em
So there wasn't much for me to do except dip
C C
Too many years lost off the lies of a snitch
Em
So it was either do a bid, or end up lying in a ditch
Em D
Now, left to walk across the land as a mystery
A Em
Every new town, reinvent a new history
Em D
I turned my back on my past, just to get to see
Bm
A new day, reframe my identity
Em D
To get to sleep at night? Man I need a fifth at least
A Em
The dirty deeds that I did just to get to eat
C D
Melancholy and emptiness
Em
The unseen consequence of the conditions of release

[Chorus 2x]
Em D A Em
We found a man the other day, just hanging from the ceiling
Em D Bm
His sentence was almost at an end
Em D A Em
And there on his bed was a note so sad and simple
C D Em
Saying You can never go home again
Em D Em A
Never go home, never go home
C D Em
You can never go home again