I Dont Want To Go Home Chords
I Dont Want To Go Home by Elvis Costello is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords G, C, D and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
G C G
Everybody seemed to have somebody better to talk to
G C
Everybody seemed to have something better to do
D G
And I was trying to look so mean and dangerous and ended up stepping on her toe
C D
And one minute she was a perfect stranger and the next thing she said was
I thought you ought to know
C
I don't wanna go home
Don't get any ideas
G
Things are going fine, then they all disappeared
D
You don't have to make me any promises
Am D
I can leave anytime I know
C
Even though I don't wanna go home
Don't get any ideas
G
Things are going fine, then they all disappeared
D
You don't have to make me any promises
Am D G
I can leave anytime I know
Verse
G C G
As I was drinking she was making her selection over in the corner
G C
Still thinking about the dancing perfection out on the floor
D G D G
I'd like to shake the hand of the man who started "slow dancing" time
C D Am D
And curse the crazy fool who dreamed up "closing time"
C
Even though, I don't wanna go home
Don't get any ideas
G
Things are going fine, then they all disappeared
D
You don't have to make me any promises
Am D
I can leave anytime I know
C
Even though, I don't wanna go home
Don't get any ideas
G
Things are going fine, then they all disappeared
D
You don't have to make me any promises
Am D
I can leave anytime I know
C G
Even though, I don't wanna go home