C                             Am
She was counting out the window of the outbound train
G
All the poles of the telegraph
C                                Am
And the rock-a-bye rhythm in the song of the rails
G                         C
Couldn't make the sweeper laugh


[Chorus]

Bm                Am
Down down down so deep
Bm                        D
Down down drowning in his sleep
C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home again


[Verse]

      C                         Am
And a hawk hovered high above a skinny jackrabbit
G
Pursued by a hungry fox
      C                       Am
And a broker awoke her from a fitful slumber
     G                            C
Then consulted his shares and his stocks


[Chorus]

Bm                  Am
Down down down they go
Bm                        D
Down down how he'll never know
C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home again
         C      Am           Em
And it's almost April Fools' Day


[Verse]

      C                            Am                        
As he glanced on his paper looking through the veil 
         G
He could see she was really upset
       C                           Am
As she tucked back the ribbon in a velvet box
      G                    C
As he offered her a cigarette


[Chorus]

Bm                        Am
Down down down she took a drag
Bm                    D
Now he's covered in a flag
C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home again
         C      Am           Em
And it's almost April Fools' Day


[Bridge]

G      C            G
Almost April Fools' Day
        C              G
And the joke's on everyone
   Bm            Em
He had that premonition
     A                D
Only dead men dwell upon


[Verse]

    C                           Am
But how could he know that only twelve months later
          G
She would wear her skirt up over her knee
           C                           Am
And in the very same carriage she'd be flattened with roses
       G                     C
And forget the tears of bigotry


[Chorus]

Bm                  Am
Down down down they flow
Bm                                  D
Now now now it just don't matter anymore
C     Am      G
Tommy made it home again
            C      Am           D
When it was almost April Fools' Day


[Bridge]

G      C            G
Almost April Fools' Day
        C              G
And the joke's on everyone
   Bm            Em
He had that premonition
     A                D
Only dead men dwell upon


[Outro]

C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home again
C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home again
C       Am     G
Tommy's coming home