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