Intro
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(This is the main bass line that plays throughout most of the song)
Verse
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When I was 19
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There were places that I wanted to see
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When I was 20
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Cornell University
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And Kefalonia
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Didn't mean anything to me
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I read the classics
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But I didn't read thoroughly
Chorus
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D|-11---------------|-10---------------|-8-----8--6--6--5-|-3-----3----------|
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(This is the main guitar riff that's played during the Chorus)
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When I go to Ithaca
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When I cooome
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Back from America
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You'll be with me
Verse
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You found freedom
D# Fm
In a chamber of the library
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You dig the roots up
D# Fm
With the old etymology
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In Kefalonia
D# Fm
And the blue Ionian sea
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The way I know ya
D# Fm
Is like an old old olive tree
C# G# D# Fm
When I go to Ithaca
C# G# D# Fm
When I cooome
C# G# D# Fm
Back from America
C# G# D# Fm
You'll be with me
Solo
C# G# D# Fm
When I go to Ithaca
C# G# D# Fm
When I cooome
C# G# D# Fm
Back from America
C# G# D# Fm
You'll be with me
Outro
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When I go to Ithaca
C# G# D# Fm
When I cooome
C# G# D# Fm
Back to South Africa
C# G# D# Fm
You'll be with me