Ithaca

	  		
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Intro 

  C#                 D#                 D#                 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 
             C#        D# 
  When I was 19 
             D#                      Fm 
  There were places that I wanted to see 
             C#        D# 
  When I was 20 
      D#          Fm 
  Cornell University 
          C#        D# 
  And Kefalonia 
          D#              Fm 
  Didn't mean anything to me 
             C#         D# 
  I read the classics 
        D#                     Fm 
  But I didn't read thoroughly 


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Chorus 

  C#                 G#                 D#                 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) 


  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 



Verse 
            C#         D# 
  You found freedom 
        D#                 Fm 
  In a chamber of the library 
               C#           D# 
  You dig the roots up 
           D#          Fm 
  With the old etymology 
          C#         D# 
  In Kefalonia 
          D#          Fm 
  And the blue Ionian sea 
            C#         D# 
  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 

  C#   G#   D#       Fm 
  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