Arrivals

Intro
A
The intro is a finger picking exercise of the "A" chord above!

Verse

   D
It’s really good to see you
                            G
So long since you’ve been home
             Em                 A           D
You look so good life has been good, to you.
         D                                                     G
But the lines on both our faces show, how long you’ve been away,
     Em                                              A
You lose a half a lifetime when, you look the other way,
             D                                                            G
He spends a lot of time these days, just like an old sleeping lion in the chair
       Em                                                    A
He’s still so strong you know it but, the work is here and there
             Em                         A
And he’s so proud, he’d never let you know
                   Em                 A                           D
There’s so much to talk about, but anyway, it’s good to have you home.

Chorus
D
But I like standing outside here where the people all arrive,
D                                                   G
All the funny ways that people reunite they’re so alive,
Em               A
Shrieks of joy, tears of joy,
D
It would do anyone’s heart the world of good to come stand here on random days
D                                                               G
And just imagine, that you hadn’t seen your own for years and years,
              Em                           A
And then to realise, just what you’ve had all this time,
 N.C.                          D
just what you’ve had all this time.

Verse
D
Every minutes like an hour, the excitements hard to take,
D                                                                       G
It’s your loved ones that you know well, still you think of what you’ll say
           Em                                 A
Precious memories come flooding through, and tough ones too.
        D
When I look back now we were so young
                                      G
You were going away and might never return
Em
I sat on the floor in front of your chair
A
‘n with an ice pop stick you fashioned a French roll into my hair,
D
Well I guess that was our way to say goodbye…………….
D                                                  G
Then you couldn’t make it home in time, when Rosie died
Em
Sipping beer in the sun she’d say,
A
and the playful rum would try and wash the bitter tears away……….

Chorus
D
But I like standing out here where the people all arrive,
D                                                   G
All the funny ways that people reunite they’re so alive,
Em               A
Shrieks of joy, tears of joy,
D
It would do anyone’s heart the world of good to come stand here on random days
D                                                               G
And just imagine, that you hadn’t seen your own for years and years,
             Em                           A
And then to realise, just what you’ve had all this time,
 N.C.                          D
just what you’ve had all this time.