Never Coming Home

E     B     A      E     B     A

[Verse]
E          B          A
     The trains roll by my porch
E               B           A
Down here where nothing can live
              E           B
And I've been smoking too much
           C#m      A
Because I am no exception
    E           B        A
You knew that already, I think

E          B          A
If you want salvation
E          B          A
Then you ought to go see a priest
            E           B
'Cause forgiveness from those
        C#m          A
that we hurt in this world
E        B          A
  Never was guaranteed


[Chorus]
    E                 C#m
I'm coming home, it's late again
            B         A
I'm high as I've ever been
       E                  C#m
You're sitting up, you're in our bed
       B              A
Crying for a ghost again


   E                C#m
No room could be as dark
         B          A
Or as empty as ours is
       E               C#m
'Cause I'm at home but I'm not here
    B       A
And I never am


[Verse]
E          B          A
I wonder how many friends
E          B          A
Roll past my house in the night?
              E           B
In boxcars they sleep
                    C#m                     A
With hearts stashed in their backpacks
                          E           B        A
They'll make California all right

E          B          A
A promise from me
E          B          A
Is just a lie I ain't told yet
              E           B
So I'm ready to die
                    C#m                     A
But I'm not willing to watch
                          E           B        A
You watch me die here in our bed


[Chorus]
    E                 C#m
I'm lying down, I've been nodding out
            B         A
Since I don't know when
       E                  C#m
The lights are on, you're standing up
       B              A
Screaming at a ghost again
   E                C#m
Darling, I'm home; hell I ain't left
         B          A
This house of ours in days
       E               C#m
But I'm not here; I never am
    B       A
So I just can't stay

[Outro]
   E            C#m            A
My darling, I'm never coming back
               B
From where I'm going
   E            C#m           A      B
My darling, I'm never coming home
   E            C#m           A
My darling, I'm never coming back
                B
From where I'm going
   E            C#m           A
My darling, I'm never coming home
      B                            E
Never coming home again