Tom: C | C | Csus4 C | Csus4 C | C | [Verse 1] C F** C** I was hoping for a quiet life with you F** C** G but the cause was too great, the path was too true C F** C** So, I packed up my bags and left what I know F** G** C for all of this great unknown. [Chorus] F C F C When the fighting is done and the journey is finally over F** G** Am F** G** C C I will come back to you and our homeland forever. [Verse 2] C F** C** Sometimes I wish that I could just turn back, F** C** G I miss tea by the fire and soft green grass. C F** C** But some deeper part inside of my soul F** G** C is keeping me on this road. [Chorus] F C F C When the fighting is done and the journey is finally over F** G** Am F** G** C C I will come back to you and our homeland forever. [Interlude] | C | F C | F C | G | | C | F C | F G | C | [Verse 3] N.C. Some nights I dream of a land far away N.C. with no more crying and no more decay. C F** C** But I wake to the sound of a long battle cry F** G** C and mountains still left to climb. [Chorus] F C F C When the fighting is done and the journey is finally over F** G** Am F** G** C I will come back to you and our homeland forever. [End-Chorus] F C F C When the fighting is done and the journey is finally over F** G** Am F** G** C C I will come back to you and our homeland forever, F** G** Am F** G** C and our homeland forever and our homeland forever.