Intro e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| B|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| D|------------11--8-|------------11--8-|------------13-11-|------------------| A|------------------|------------------|------------------|--8---8---8-10/11-| x2 E|--9---9---9-------|--11--11--9-------|--11--11--11------|------------------| (This is the main bass line that plays throughout most of the song) Verse When I was 19 There were places that I wanted to see When I was 20 Cornell University And Kefalonia Didn't mean anything to me I read the classics But I didn't read thoroughly Chorus e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| B|------------------|------------------|-------8--6--4--4-|------------------| G|-10---------------|-8----------------|-8-----8--6--5--3-|-1--0-------------| D|-11---------------|-10---------------|-8-----8--6--6--5-|-3-----3----------| A|-11---------------|-11---------------|-10---------------|------------------| E|-9----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| (This is the main guitar riff that's played during the Chorus) When I go to Ithaca When I cooome Back from America You'll be with me Verse You found freedom In a chamber of the library You dig the roots up With the old etymology In Kefalonia And the blue Ionian sea The way I know ya Is like an old old olive tree When I go to Ithaca When I cooome Back from America You'll be with me Solo When I go to Ithaca When I cooome Back from America You'll be with me Outro When I go to Ithaca When I cooome Back to South Africa You'll be with me