[Intro]
  Db                 Eb                 Eb                 Fm
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]
           Db        Eb
When I was 19
           Eb                      Fm
There were places that I wanted to see
           Db        Eb
When I was 20
    Eb          Fm
Cornell University
        Db        Eb
And Kefalonia
        Eb              Fm
Didn't mean anything to me
           Db         Eb
I read the classics
      Eb                     Fm
But I didn't read thoroughly

[Chorus]
  Db                 Ab                 Eb                 Fm
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)

Db   Ab   Eb       Fm
When I    go to Ithaca
Db   Ab   Eb   Fm
When I    cooome
Db   Ab   Eb   Fm
Back from America
Db     Ab  Eb      Fm
You'll be  with me

[Verse]
          Db         Eb
You found freedom
      Eb                 Fm
In a chamber of the library
             Db           Eb
You dig the roots up
         Eb          Fm
With the old etymology
        Db         Eb
In Kefalonia
        Eb          Fm
And the blue Ionian sea
          Db         Eb
The way I know ya
           Eb             Fm
Is like an old old olive tree

[Chorus]
Db   Ab   Eb       Fm
When I    go to Ithaca
Db   Ab   Eb   Fm
When I    cooome
Db   Ab   Eb   Fm
Back from America
Db     Ab  Eb      Fm
You'll be  with me

[Solo]
E Dbm Abm Bbm
E Dbm Abm Fm
E Dbm Abm Bbm
B Db Eb Eb Fm
Db Ab Eb Fm  x2

[Chorus]
Db   Ab   Eb       Fm
When I    go to Ithaca
Db   Ab   Eb   Fm
When I    cooome
Db   Ab   Eb   Fm
Back from America
Db     Ab  Eb      Fm
You'll be  with me

[Outro]
Db   Ab   Eb       Fm
When I    go to Ithaca
Db   Ab   Eb   Fm
When I    cooome
Db   Ab   Eb        Fm
Back to   South Africa
Db     Ab  Eb      Fm
You'll be  with me