The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home
Recorded by Justin Moore
Album: Late Nights and Longnecks (2019)

(No Capo)

(Intro.)
|(D) / / / |(A) / / / |(Bm) / / / |(G) / / / |

(Verse)
(D)Tour was up, middle of June
She was (A)plannin' a welcome home barbeque
(Bm)Green bean casserole, grandma's (G)recipe
There was a (D)knock on the door 'round 2 o'clock
(A)Two uniforms and her heart stopped
Yellow (Bm)ribbon 'round an oak tree blowin' (G)in the breeze
 
(Chorus)
Here's to the (D)ones that didn't make it back home
The (A)ones we ain't seen in so long
The (Bm)hold up a beer ones, the wish they were here ones
The (G)not forgotten but gone
They're in a (D)better place up there
But they (A)sure left a hole down here
We just (Bm)go on living and go on missing
The (G)ones, the ones that didn't make it back (D)home
 
(Verse)
The whole town (D) shut down, the whole town showed up
Sang A-(A)mazing Grace, watched a slideshow of (Bm) his 22 years
There was (G)laughs and there was tears
And that (D)preacher talked about sacrifice
And (A)traffic stopped for them Cadillac lights
(Bm)Johnny sold beer half price that night
And (G)everybody raised them high singin'
 
(Chorus)
Here's to the (D)ones that didn't make it back home
The (A)ones we ain't seen in so long
The (Bm)hold up a beer ones, the wish they were here ones
The (G)not forgotten but gone
They're in a (D)better place up there
But they (A)sure left a hole down here
We just (Bm)go on living and go on missing
The (G)ones, the ones that didn't make it back (Bm)home
 
(Bridge)
(Bm) Back to that front (G)porch
(G)Back through that front (D)door
To the (D)life they were fightin' (A)for
 
(Chorus)
Here's to the (D)ones that didn't make it back home
The (A)ones we ain't seen in so long
The (Bm)hold up a beer ones, the wish they were here ones
The (G)not forgotten but gone
They're in a (D)better place up there
But they (A)sure left a hole down here
We just (Bm)go on living and go on missing
The (G)ones, the ones that didn't make it back (D)home (A) (Bm) (G)
The ones that didn't make it back (D)home - - - - -